PLANTS Profile for Mammillaria heyderi (little nipple cactus)

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PLANTS Profile

Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.
little nipple cactus

Symbol:

MAHE2

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Shrub

Native Status:

L48

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Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.

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Distribution:
Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.


View Native Status

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USA (AZ, CO, NM, OK, TX)

Related Taxa:
Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 16 species in Mammillaria or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. var. bullingtoniana Castetter, Pierce & Schwerin. .

Mammillaria heyderi var. bullingtoniana
little nipple cactus

Distribution of Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. var. hemisphaerica Engelm.. .

Mammillaria heyderi var. hemisphaerica
little nipple cactus

Distribution of Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. var. heyderi. .

Mammillaria heyderi var. heyderi
little nipple cactus

Distribution of Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. var. macdougalii (Rose) L.D. Benson. .

Mammillaria heyderi var. macdougalii
Macdougal's nipple cactus

Distribution of Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. var. meiacantha (Engelm.) L.D. Benson. .

Mammillaria heyderi var. meiacantha
little nipple cactus

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Mammillaria Haw. – globe cactus
Species	Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. – little nipple cactus

Threatened and Endangered Information:
Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.

The related entities and synonyms italicized and indented below are listed by the U.S. federal government or a state. Common names are from state and federal lists. Click on a place name to get a complete protected plant list for that location.

Arizona:
Mammillaria heyderi var. meiacantha
		Salvage restricted
Mammillaria gummifera [=MAHEM]
		Salvage restricted
Mammillaria gummifera var. applanata [=MAHEH2]
		Salvage restricted
Mammillaria gummifera var. macdougalii [=MAHEM]
		Salvage restricted

More Accounts and Images:
Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19781.

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

Time Generated: 06/19/2013 11:34 PM CDT