Native records: 7 botanical areas
Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, 4 more areas
See all areasDistribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.
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A succulent subshrub of seasonally dry tropical climates. Native to Colombia, Guatemala, Honduras, Jamaica, Mexico, Nicaragua and elsewhere.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Colombia
Guatemala
Honduras
Jamaica
Mexico
Nicaragua
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of
The Köppen climate classes found in the areas this plant is recorded as native to. It does not mean an entire area has that climate.
The same climate occurs in 124 areas worldwide, 117 of which have no record of this plant. See them on the map
A matching climate does not mean the plant can grow there. Range limits are also set by things other than climate — dispersal history, soils, competition. Source: Beck et al. (2023), CC BY 4.0 (observed period 1991–2020).
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Colombia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Guatemala · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Honduras · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Jamaica · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Mexico · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Nicaragua · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourceWorld Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
Open sourcePhotograph of Mammillaria columbiana
Zeljko Curcic · CC BY-SA 2.0 · File page