Mammillaria lasiacantha (Lace-spine Nipple Cactus)

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Mammillaria lasiacantha, photographed by CK2AZ — fig. a CK2AZ, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-03-17 / obs. 183808887

Mammillaria lasiacantha, photographed by Claudio Cantú Muñiz — fig. c Claudio Cantú Muñiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 30198515

Mammillaria lasiacantha, photographed by Alejandro Sigala Chávez — fig. d Alejandro Sigala Chávez, CC0 1.0 / obs. 180722355

Mammillaria lasiacantha, photographed by Jose Antonio Aranda Pineda — fig. f Jose Antonio Aranda Pineda, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 3771414

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Native range 5 botanical countries

Native distribution of Mammillaria lasiacantha, 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.

Region	TDWG code	Continent
Mexico Central	MXC	NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast	MXE
Mexico Northwest	MXN
New Mexico	NWM
Texas	TEX

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 49 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.

Cactus lasiacanthus (Engelm.) Kuntze
Cactus lasiacanthus var. denudatus (Engelm.) J.M.Coult.
Chilita denudata (Engelm.) Orcutt
Chilita lasiacantha (Englem.) Orcutt
Chilita lengdobleriana (Boed.) Buxb.
Chilita magallanii (Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) Buxb.
Chilita tacubayensis (Fedde) Buxb.
Ebnerella denudata (Engelm.) Buxb.
Ebnerella lasiacantha (Engelm.) Buxb.
Ebnerella magallanii (Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) Buxb.
Ebnerella tacubayensis (Fedde) Buxb.
Escobariopsis lasiacantha (Engelm.) Doweld
Escobariopsis lasiacantha subsp. egregia (Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.) Doweld
Escobariopsis lasiacantha subsp. magallanii (Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) Doweld
Escobariopsis lasiacantha subsp. wohlschlageri (Repp.) Doweld
Mammillaria denudata (Engelm.) A.Berger
Mammillaria egregia Backeb. ex Rogoz. & Appenz.
Mammillaria egregia Backeb.
Mammillaria hermosana Linzen, Hoeve & Mart.-Aval.
Mammillaria kupcakii Halda & Sladk.
Mammillaria lasiacantha f. cuchillensis Rogoz. & Plein
Mammillaria lasiacantha f. denudata (Engelm.) Schelle
Mammillaria lasiacantha f. diablensis Rogoz. & Plein
Mammillaria lasiacantha f. magallanii (Schmoll ex R.T.Craig) W.A.Fitz Maur. & B.Fitz Maur.

and 25 more.

Sourcesevery claim on this page

World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
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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