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Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer
woolly nipple cactus

       
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Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer

  NENI Neomammillaria nivosa (Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer) Britton & Rose
 

Distribution:
Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer

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Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 16 species in Mammillaria
 

Classification:
Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer

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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 nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer – woolly nipple cactus
 

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Mammillaria nivosa Link ex N.E. Pfeiffer

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 503681.

 
 
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