| Mammillaria microhelia | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Mammillaria |
| Species: | M. microhelia |
| Binomial name | |
| Mammillaria microhelia | |
Mammillaria microhelia is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.
Mammillaria is one of the largest genera in the cactus family (Cactaceae), with currently 200 known species and varieties recognized. Most of the mammillaria are native to Mexico, but some come from the southwest United States, the Caribbean, Colombia, Venezuela, Guatemala and Honduras. The common name "pincushion cactus" refers to this and the closely related genus Escobaria.
Mammillaria aureilanata is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.
Mammillaria gasseriana is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.
Mammillaria glochidiata is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It was classed as Extinct in the wild but since 2013, it has been classed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN Red List.
Mammillaria guillauminiana is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.
Mammillaria herrerae is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico where it is confined to Querétaro. Its habitat is semi-desert shrubland. It is threatened by habitat loss and illegal collection. In a 20-year period over 95% of the species population was illegally collected or sold. Mammillaria herrerae has an IUCN rating of critically endangered.
Mammillaria marcosii is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.
Mammillaria mathildae is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Querétaro, México. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is of IUCN Red List Vulnerable status and threatened by habitat loss.
Mammillaria rettigiana is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat loss.
Mammillaria weingartiana is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Nuevo León state, Mexico.
Mammillaria longimamma is a species of cactus from Hidalgo and Querétaro, Mexico.
Mammillaria bombycina, the silken pincushion cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae.
Mammillaria geminispina, the twin spined cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to central Mexico. It grows to 25 cm (10 in) tall by 50 cm (20 in) broad. The clustering spherical stems, 8 cm in diameter, are covered in white down and white spines. Carmine pink flowers are borne in summer and autumn.
Mammillaria plumosa, the feather cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae, native to Northeastern Mexico.
Mammillaria glassii is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae. It is a small, clumping cactus with "fluffy white spines." M. glassii is native to Mexico in the states of Coahuila and Nuevo León.
Mammillaria bocasana is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae. It is often sold as a "powder puff" cactus, and also as a "Powder Puff Pincushion." The plant is protected from collecting in the wild in Mexico.
Mammillaria backebergiana is a species of cactus in the subfamily Cactoideae. It is native to Mexico and can be found on cliffs at elevations of around 1,900 m.
Mammillaria surculosa is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to north eastern Mexico, where it occurs in extremely isolated patches at altitudes of 950–1,200 m (3,120–3,940 ft). It is registered as “Endangered” by the IUCN Red List. Growing to 10 cm (3.9 in) tall by 50 cm (20 in) wide, this tiny plant forms colonies of spiny stems with relatively large, lemon yellow flowers in spring.
Mammillaria uncinata is a species of cactus in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico.
Mammillaria laui is a species of cactus in the genus Mammillaria, native to Tamaulipas state in Mexico. A number of subspecies were described, occurring along an elevation gradient; these are no longer accepted. It is listed as Critically Endangered (CR) in the wild. As Mammillaria lauii it has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.
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