Cactaceae

Mammillaria spinosissima Lem.

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Mammillaria

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Mammillaria spinosissima: Mammillaria spinosissima — Photo: Peter A. Mansfeld, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons

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Common names

By language (7)

Arabic: ضرعاء كثيرة الأشواك
arz: ضرعاء كثيرة الاشواك
Chinese: 多刺丸, 猩猩丸, 芳泉, 金波
Macedonian: Игларник, Бодликав брадавичест кактус
Persian: کاکتوس توپی خاردار
Russian: Маммиллярия колючейшая
Swedish: Nålvårtkaktus

Synonyms

Cactus actinopleus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus amabilis (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus atrosanguineus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus auroreus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus coronatus Willd.
Cactus cylindricus Ortega
Cactus eximius (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus heinei (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus isabellinus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus linkeanus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus mirabilis (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus polycentrus (A.Berg) Kuntze
Cactus pomaceus (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus pretiosus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus pulcherrimus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus spinosissimus (Lem.) Kuntze
Cactus umbrinus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Cactus vulpinus (Ehrenb.) Kuntze
Chilita umbrina (Ehrenb.) Orcutt
Mammillaria actinoplea C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria albiseta Hort. ex Rümpler
Mammillaria amabilis Ehrenb.
Mammillaria atrosanguinea Ehrenb.
Mammillaria aurorea A.Dietr.
Mammillaria aurorea Ehrenb.
Mammillaria caesia Ehrenb.
Mammillaria castaneoides Lem. ex Labour.
Mammillaria coronaria Haw.
Mammillaria coronaria var. beneckei Schelle
Mammillaria coronaria var. nigra Schelle
Mammillaria coronata G.Don f.
Mammillaria eximia Ehrenb.
Mammillaria flava Otto & A.Dietr.
Mammillaria flava C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria gasterantha Repp.
Mammillaria haynii Ehrenb.
Mammillaria heinei Ehrenb.
Mammillaria hepatica C.Ehrenb.
Mammillaria herrmannii Ehrenb.
Mammillaria herrmannii var. flavicans Salm-Dyck

and 63 more.

Photos

Photo: Peter A. Mansfeld, CC BY 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: André Karwath aka Aka, CC BY-SA 2.5, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Figueroa Curiel Josué, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Ramírez Patrizia, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Pl@ntNet via GBIF
Photo: Cliff from Arlington, Virginia, USA, CC BY 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Petar43, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dornenwolf from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Dornenwolf from Deutschland, CC BY-SA 2.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: Natalie-S, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
Photo: CactiLegacy, CC BY-SA 4.0, 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.