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407.0000 Family Cactaceae Juss.; Gen. Pl. [Jussieu] 310 (1789), nom. cons.
ca. 140-170 genera (circumscription still very much in flux), ca. 1700-1800 spp. Latest phylogeny: de Vos et al. (2025). There has been excessive splitting, leading to over 3000 species in some collectors view. It should be good practice in the future that each ´new species´ description is confirmed by molecular genetics, not only by morphology.
Species listed in database: 1840; hybrids: 80
= Cereaceae DC. & Spreng.(transl.Jameson); Elem. Philos. Pl. 142 (1821)
= Mammillariaceae D.L.Fu; Amer. J. Agric. Forest. 12(5): 352 (2024)
= Nopaleaceae E.Schmid & Curtman; Pflanzenreich [Petermann] 2: 135 (1856)
= Opuntiaceae Desv.; Dict. Rais. Bot. 52, 385 (1817)
407.6342 Genus Oehmea Buxb.; Sukkulentenkunde 4: 17 (1951)
Distribution: Mexico. Belongs in the Mammillaria group but is a separate genus fide de Vos et al. 2025.
Species listed in database: 5
species :
Oehmea beneckei (C.Ehrenb.) Buxb.; Sukkulentenkunde 4: 18 (1951)
Distribution: Mexico (Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco, Mexico State, Michoacán, Morelos, Nayarit, Oaxaca, Zacatecas)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Cactus atroruber (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
= Cactus aulacanthus (DC.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
= Cactus beneckei (C.Ehrenb.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
= Chilita colonensis (R.T.Craig) Buxb.; Sukkulentenkunde 5: 16 (1954)
= Chilita nelsonii (Britton & Rose) Orcutt; Cactography 2 (1926)
= Dolichothele aylostera (Werderm.) Backeb.; Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 23: 152 (1951)
= Dolichothele balsasoides (R.T.Craig) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 5: 3527 (1961)
= Dolichothele beneckei (C.Ehrenb.) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 5: 3524 (1961)
= Dolichothele nelsonii (Britton & Rose) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 5: 3525 (1961)
= Mammillaria aylostera Werderm.; Kakteenk. & Kakteenfr. 1938: 99 (1938)
= Mammillaria balsasensis Boed.; Monatsschr. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 3: 121 (1931)
= Mammillaria balsasoides R.T.Craig; Mammill. Handb. 158 (1945)
= Mammillaria barkeri Shurly; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 5: 3464 (1961)
= Mammillaria beneckei C.Ehrenb.; Bot. Zeitung (Berlin) 2: 833 (1844)
= Mammillaria beneckei subsp. balsasoides (R.T.Craig) Lodé; Cact.-Advent. Int. (Almeria) 106-107: 35 (2015)
= Mammillaria beneckei var. multiceps Repp.; Gattung Mammillaria nach dem heutigen Stand meines Wissens, 2. Aufl.: 29 (1989)
= Mammillaria colonensis R.T.Craig; Mammill. Handb. 219 (1945)
= Mammillaria guiengolensis Bravo & T.MacDoug.; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 32: 187 (1962)
= Mammillaria nelsonii (Britton & Rose) Boed.; Mammillarien-Vergleichs-Schlüssel 37 (1933)
= Neomammillaria nelsonii Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 4: 163 (1923)
= Oehmea beneckei (Ehrenb.) Buxb.; Sukkulentenkunde 4: 18 (1951)
= Oehmea nelsonii (Britton & Rose) Buxb.; Sukkulentenkunde 4: 17 (1951)
species :
Oehmea napina (J.A.Purpus) P.B.Breslin & Majure; Haseltonia 33(1)-e331: 2 (2026)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca, Puebla)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Bartschella napina (J.A.Purpus) Doweld; Sukkulenty (Moscow) 3(1-2): 38 (2000)
= Mammillaria napina J.A.Purpus; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 161 (1912)
= Mammillaria napina var. centrispina R.T.Craig; Mammill. Handb. 139 (1945), anglice
= Neomammillaria napina (J.A.Purpus) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 4: 104 (1923)
species :
Oehmea sphacelata (Mart.) Guiggi; Cactology 5(Suppl. 13): 2 (2022)
subspecies :
subsp. sphacelata
Distribution: Mexico (Puebla, Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Cactus sphacelatus (Mart.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 261 (1891)
= Chilita sphacelata (Mart.) Orcutt; Cactography 2 (1926)
= Ebnerella sphacelata (Mart.) Buxb.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 90 (1951)
= Echinocactus sphacelatus (Mart.) Poselg.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 21: 107 (1853)
= Escobariopsis sphacelata (Mart.) Doweld; Sukkulenty (Moscow) 3(1-2): 41 (2000)
= Leptocladodia sphacelata (Mart.) Buxb.; Kakteen [H.Krainz] 20: Cviiic (1962)
= Mammillaria sphacelata Mart.; Hort. Reg. Monac. [Martius & Schrank] 127 (1829), nomen, et Nov. Act. Nat. Cur. 16(1): 339 (1832)
= Neomammillaria sphacelata (Mart.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 4: 138 (1923)
subspecies :
subsp. viperina (J.A.Purpus) Guiggi; Cactology 5(Suppl. 13): 2 (2022)
Distribution: Mexico (Puebla)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Escobariopsis viperina (J.A.Purpus) Doweld; Sukkulenty (Moscow) 3(1-2): 42 (2000)
= Leptocladia viperina (J.A.Purpus) Buxb.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 82 (1951)
= Leptocladodia viperina (J.A.Purpus) Buxb.; Kakteen [H.Krainz] 15: CVIIIc (1960)
= Mammillaria elongata var. viperina (J.A.Purpus) W.T.Marshall; Cactaceae [Marshall & Bock] 180 (1941)
= Mammillaria sphacelata f. viperina (J.A.Purpus) Battaia & Zanov.; Piante Grasse 16(1): 18 (1996)
= Mammillaria sphacelata subsp. viperina (J.A.Purpus) D.R.Hunt; Mammillaria Postscripts 6: 7 (1997)
= Mammillaria viperina J.A.Purpus; Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 148 (1912)
= Neomammillaria viperina (J.A.Purpus) Bravo; Anales Inst. Biol. Univ. Nac. México 1: 124 (1930)
species :
Oehmea tonalensis (D.R.Hunt) Guiggi; Cactology 5(Suppl. 13): 3 (2022)
Distribution: Mexico (Oaxaca)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Escobariopsis tonalensis (D.R.Hunt) Doweld; Sukkulenty (Moscow) 3(1-2): 41 (2000)
= Mammillaria tonalensis D.R.Hunt; Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 41(4): 103 (1979)
species :
Oehmea zephyranthoides (Scheidw.) P.B.Breslin & Majure; Haseltonia 33(1)-e331: 2 (2026)
Distribution: Mexico (Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Mexico State, Oaxaca, Puebla, Querétaro, San Luis Potosí)
79 MEX
Synonyms: hidden
= Bartschella heidiae (Krainz) Doweld; Sukkulenty (Moscow) 3(1-2): 38 (2000)
= Bartschella zephyranthoides (Scheidw.) Doweld; Sukkulenty (Moscow) 3(1-2): 38 (2000)
= Cactus zephyranthodes (Scheidw.) Kuntze; Revis. Gen. Pl. 1: 260 (1891)
= Chilita zephyranthoides (Scheidw.) Orcutt; Cactography 2 (1926)
= Dolichothele zephyranthoides (Scheidw.) Backeb.; Cactaceae [Backeberg] 5: 3528 (1961)
= Ebnerella zephyranthoides (Scheidw.) Buxb.; Oesterr. Bot. Z. 98: 91 (1951)
= Mammillaria fennelii Hopffer; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 11: 3 (1843)
= Mammillaria heidiae Krainz; Kakteen And. Sukk. 26(10): 217 (1975)
= Mammillaria zephyranthiflora Pfeiff.; Abbild. Beschr. Cact. 2: t. 8 (1846), orth. var.
= Mammillaria zephyranthoides Scheidw.; Allg. Gartenzeitung [Otto & Dietrich] 9: 41 (1841)
= Mammillaria zephyranthoides subsp. heidiae (Krainz) Lüthy; Kakteen And. Sukk. 51(3): 63 (2000)
= Mammillaria zephyranthoides var. heidiae (Krainz) Lüthy; Kakteen And. Sukk. 38(1): 11 (1987)
= Neomammillaria zephyranthoides (Scheidw.) Britton & Rose; Cactaceae [Britton & Rose] 4: 159 (1923)
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