Taxon:  Mammillaria rhodantha Link & Otto subsp. pringlei (J. M. Coult.) D. R. Hunt



Summary
Genus:
Mammillaria
Family:
Cactaceae
Subfamily:
Cactoideae
Tribe:
Cacteae
Nomen number:
435315
Place of publication:
Mammillaria Postscripts 6:8.  1997
Verified:
02/26/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
1 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System.  (Map it)
Other conspecific taxa
Mammillaria rhodantha Link & Otto (0 active accession[s])
Mammillaria rhodantha Link & Otto subsp. aureiceps (Lem.) D. R. Hunt (0 active accession[s])
Mammillaria rhodantha Link & Otto subsp. fera-rubra (Schmoll ex R. T. Craig) D. R. Hunt (0 active accession[s])
Mammillaria rhodantha Link & Otto subsp. mccartenii D. R. Hunt (0 active accession[s])
Mammillaria rhodantha Link & Otto subsp. mollendorffiana (Shurly) D. R. Hunt (0 active accession[s])
Mammillaria rhodantha Link & Otto subsp. rhodantha (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Cactus pringlei J. M. Coult.

Homotypic Synonym(s)
Mammillaria pringlei (J. M. Coult.) K. Brandegee

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Conservation Status

Reference(s)
  1. Anderson, E. F. 2001. The cactus family
  2. CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
  3. Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Mammillaria pringlei
Common names
LanguageNameAlternate namenoteseqCitation
Englishlemon-ball as Mammillaria pringlei1Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: = Mammillaria pringlei
GermanGoldkugel-Warzenkaktus  2Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 1543. Note: as Mammillaria pringlei
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNotecitation_id
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoGuanajuato 0
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoJalisco 0
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoMéxico 0
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQuerétaro 0
2Cultivated    also cult.0
Native
Northern America
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Guanajuato, Jalisco, México, Querétaro]
Cultivated (also cult.)

Economic Uses
UsageTypeNoteReference
Environmentalornamentalas Mammillaria pringleiHuxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening Note: as Mammillaria pringlei
Environmentalornamentalas Mammillaria pringleiLiberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada Note: as Mammillaria pringlei
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=435315. Accessed 12 May 2026.