Mammillaria candidaScheidw.

WFO wfo-0001287023 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Mammillaria candida, photographed by Francisco Martínez González
fig. a Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2020-10-29 / obs. 102693005
Mammillaria candida, photographed by Karla M. Benítez
fig. b Karla M. Benítez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98408676
Mammillaria candida, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. c P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 89330047
Mammillaria candida, photographed by Sandino Guerrero
fig. d Sandino Guerrero, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 7655836
Mammillaria candida, photographed by Ana Millán
fig. e Ana Millán, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 3422522
Mammillaria candida, photographed by amantedarmanin
fig. f amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155411913
Mammillaria candida, photographed by amantedarmanin
fig. g amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155605061
Mammillaria candida, photographed by amantedarmanin
fig. h amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 155606967

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Mammillaria candida is native: Mexico Northeast Mexico Northeast
Native distribution of Mammillaria candida, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Northeast MXE NORTHERN AMERICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 31 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Chilita candida (Scheidw.) Orcutt
  • Chilita estanzuelensis (A.Berger) Buxb.
  • Mammillaria candida f. rosea (Salm-Dyck ex K.Schum.) Schelle
  • Mammillaria candida subsp. menchacaensis Rogoz. & Plein
  • Mammillaria candida subsp. ortiz-rubiana (Bravo) Krainz
  • Mammillaria candida subsp. ortizrubioana (Bravo) Rogoz. & Plein
  • Mammillaria candida var. caespitosa Voss
  • Mammillaria candida var. estanzuelensis Repp.
  • Mammillaria candida var. ortiz-rubiana (Bravo) B.Hofm.
  • Mammillaria candida var. rosea Salm-Dyck ex K.Schum.
  • Mammillaria candida var. sphaerotricha Schelle
  • Mammillaria estanzuelensis A.Berger
  • Mammillaria ortiz-rubiana (Bravo) Werderm.
  • Mammillaria ortiz-rubiona (Bravo) Werderm.
  • Mammillaria ortizrubiana (Bravo) Werderm. ex Backeb.
  • Mammillaria ortizrubioana (Bravo) Werderm.
  • Mammillaria sphaerotricha Lem.
  • Mammillaria sphaerotricha var. rosea Salm-Dyck
  • Mammilloydia candida (Scheidw.) Buxb.
  • Mammilloydia candida f. rosea (Salm-Dyck) Buxb.
  • Mammilloydia candida subsp. candida
  • Mammilloydia candida subsp. ortiz-rubiana (Bravo) Buxb.
  • Mammilloydia candida subsp. ortiz-rubioana (Bravo) Krainz
  • Mammilloydia candida var. rosea (Salm-Dyck) Krainz

and 7 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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