Native records: 3 botanical areas
Mexico Northeast, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest
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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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A succulent subshrub of desert or dry shrubland climates. Native to Mexico.
This entry carries only the classification and distribution data recorded in WCVP. A written account is not yet available.
Distribution areas
Mexico
- Mexico GulfNative
- Mexico NortheastNative
- Mexico SouthwestNative
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.
- Aw Tropical, savannah
- Am Tropical, monsoon
- BSh Arid, steppe, hot
- Cwb Temperate, dry winter, warm summer
- BSk Arid, steppe, cold
- BWh Arid, desert, hot
- Cwa Temperate, dry winter, hot summer
The same climate occurs in 149 areas worldwide, 146 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).
Recorded medicinal uses
The cited source records medicinal use of this plant. It is not an assessment of efficacy or safety.
Mammillaria polythele is recorded as used medicinally.
Source location: p.225, right column, line 2
World Checklist of Useful Plant Species · Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity (KNB) · CC BY 4.0 · source version: wcups-2020-62602715
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- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Mammillaria
Other species in Mammillaria
- Mammillaria petrophilaPichilingue Nipple Cactus
- Mammillaria petterssonii
- Mammillaria picta
- Mammillaria pilispina
- Mammillaria plumosafeather cactus
- Mammillaria polyedra
- Mammillaria pottsiiPott's Nipple-cactus
- Mammillaria pringlei
- Mammillaria proliferaTexas Nipple Cactus
- Mammillaria rekoi
- Mammillaria rhodantharainbow pincushion
- Mammillaria roseoalba
Sources
World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP), version 2026-06-04
Mexico · Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew · wcvp_distribution.csv
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