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Mammillaria mammillaris (L.) H.Karst.

woolly-nipple-cactus

Native records: 6 botanical areas

Colombia, Netherlands Antilles, Trinidad-Tobago, 3 more areas

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Distribution is shown as WGSRPD Level 3 areas. It does not imply the species occurs throughout an entire area.

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Photograph of Mammillaria mammillaris

A succulent subshrub of seasonally dry tropical climates. Native to Venezuela, Barbados, Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba, Colombia, Curaçao, Dominica and elsewhere.

This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.

Distribution areas

  • Barbados

    • Windward Is.Native

  • Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba

    • Netherlands AntillesNative

  • Colombia

    • ColombiaNative

  • Curaçao

    • Netherlands AntillesNative

  • Dominica

    • Windward Is.Native

  • Grenada

    • Windward Is.Native

  • Martinique

    • Windward Is.Native

  • Saint Lucia

    • Windward Is.Native

  • Saint Vincent and the Grenadines

    • Windward Is.Native

  • Trinidad and Tobago

    • Trinidad-TobagoNative

  • Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of

    • VenezuelaNative
    • Venezuelan AntillesNative

Climate of the native range

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.

  • Af Tropical, rainforest
  • BSh Arid, steppe, hot
  • Am Tropical, monsoon
  • Aw Tropical, savannah

The same climate occurs in 137 areas worldwide, 131 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).

Other names

woolly-nipple-cactus

Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Mammillaria

Other species in Mammillaria

Sources

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Bonaire, Sint Eustatius and Saba · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

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  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Barbados · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Colombia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Curaçao · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Dominica · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Grenada · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Saint Lucia · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Martinique · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Trinidad and Tobago · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Saint Vincent and the Grenadines · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

  • World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04

    Venezuela, Bolivarian Republic of · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv

    Open source

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