Cactaceae
Mammillaria polythele
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
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Common names
By language (2)
- Arabic
- ضرعاء عارية, ضرعاء عامودية
- Chinese
- 摘星楼, 胡砂丸, 长者丸
Synonyms
- Cactus affinis (DC.) Kuntze
- Cactus hexacanthus (Salm-Dyck) Kuntze
- Cactus niger (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
- Cactus nudus (DC.) Kuntze
- Cactus oothele (Lem.) Kuntze
- Cactus ovimamma (Lem.) Kuntze
- Cactus polythele (Mart.) Kuntze
- Cactus quadrispinus (Mart.) Kuntze
- Cactus rhodeocentrus (Lem.) Kuntze
- Cactus setosus (Pfeiff.) Kuntze
- Cactus webbianus (Lem.) Kuntze
- Mammillaria affinis DC.
- Mammillaria catafracta Mart. ex Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria columnaris Mart.
- Mammillaria dolichacantha Lem. ex C.F.Först.
- Mammillaria echinops Scheidw. ex C.F.Först.
- Mammillaria hexacantha Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria hidalgensis J.A.Purpus
- Mammillaria hoffmannseggii Hoffmanns.
- Mammillaria longispina Rchb. ex Terscheck
- Mammillaria multimamma F.M.Knuth
- Mammillaria nigra Ehrenb.
- Mammillaria nuda DC.
- Mammillaria oothele Lem.
- Mammillaria ovimamma Lem.
- Mammillaria ovimamma var. oothele (Lem.) Labour.
- Mammillaria polythele f. quadrispina (Mart.) Schelle
- Mammillaria polythele var. quadrispina (Mart.) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria polythele var. setosa (Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck
- Mammillaria quadrispina Mart.
- Mammillaria rhodeocentra Lem.
- Mammillaria rigidispina Hildm. ex Quehl
- Mammillaria setosa Pfeiff.
- Mammillaria webbiana Lem.
- Neomammillaria echinops (Scheidw.) Fosberg
- Neomammillaria hidalgensis (J.A.Purpus) Y.Itô
- Neomammillaria hoffmanniana Tiegel
- Neomammillaria polythele (Mart.) Britton & Rose
Flowers
- In flower
- June, August to September, November (from 19 flowering iNaturalist observations worldwide)
Photos
FlowerPhoto: Leonardo O. Alvarado Cárdenas, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Финитор , photo & selection: canonic Yuri Khanon, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Wikimedia Commons contributor, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Peter A. Mansfeld, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: José Belem Hernández Díaz, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Dav Hir, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Oscar Alejandro Morales Juárez, CC BY-SA 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Amante Darmanin from Malta, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.