Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. GRIN-Global

Taxon: Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf.

Summary

Genus:

Mammillaria

Family:

Cactaceae

Subfamily:

Cactoideae

Tribe:

Cacteae

Nomen number:

435303

Place of publication:

Allg. Gartenzeitung 16:20. 1848

Verified:

02/26/2004 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in National Plant Germplasm System.

Other conspecific taxa

Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. subsp. gaumeri (Britton & Rose) D. R. Hunt (0 active accession[s])
Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. subsp. gummifera (Engelm.) D. R. Hunt (0 active accession[s])
Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. subsp. hemisphaerica (Engelm.) D. R. Hunt (0 active accession[s])
Mammillaria heyderi Muehlenpf. subsp. heyderi (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Conservation Status

CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).

Reference(s)

Aldén, B., S. Ryman & M. Hjertson. Våra kulturväxters namn - ursprung och användning. Formas, Stockholm (Handbook on Swedish cultivated and utility plants, their names and origin). 2009
Anderson, E. F. The cactus family. 2001
Britton, N. L. & J. N. Rose. The Cactaceae, descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. 1919-1923
CITES. Convention on International Trade in Endangered Species of Wild Fauna and Flora (CITES) Appendices I, II and III (on-line resource).
Erhardt, W. et al. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen. 2008
FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993-
Huxley, A., ed. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. 1992
Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-

Common names

English
ball cactus –
cream cactus –
cream pincushion –
flat cream pincushion –
Heyder's nipple cactus –
Heyder's pincushion –
little nipple cactus –
nipple cactus –
pancake pincushion –
small-spine cream pincushion –
Swedish
plattvårtkaktus –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	North-Central U.S.A.	United States	Oklahoma
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Chihuahua
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Coahuila
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Durango
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Nuevo Leon
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	San Luis Potosi
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Sonora
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Tamaulipas
1	Native	Northern America	Northern Mexico	Mexico	Zacatecas
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	New Mexico
1	Native	Northern America	South-Central U.S.A.	United States	Texas
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Campeche
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Jalisco
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Quintana Roo
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Yucatan
1	Native	Northern America	Southwestern U.S.A.	United States	Arizona
2	Cultivated

Native
Northern America

NORTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Oklahoma]
NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Chihuahua, Coahuila, Durango, Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Sonora, Tamaulipas, Zacatecas]
SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [New Mexico, Texas]
SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Campeche, Jalisco, Quintana Roo, Yucatan]
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.: United States [Arizona]

Cultivated ()

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	ornamental		Walters, S. M. et al., eds. European garden flora. 1986-

Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2025. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://ausgenebank.agriculture.vic.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=435303. Accessed 17 December 2025.