Mammillaria

See also: mammillaria

Translingual

Mammillaria magnimamma

Etymology

Latin mamilla (“nipple”), from the shape of its tubercles and the milky-white latex produced by some species

Proper noun

Mammillaria f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Cactaceae – nipple cacti.

Hypernyms

• (genus): Eukaryota – superkingdom; Plantae – kingdom; Viridiplantae – subkingdom; Streptophyta – infrakingdom; Embryophyta – superphylum; Tracheophyta – phylum; Spermatophytina – subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots – clades; Caryophyllales – order; Cactaceae - family; Cactoideae – subfamily; Cacteae – tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus): Mammillaria simplex – type species; Mammillaria candida, Mammillaria gigantea, Mammillaria humboldtii – selected other species
  • Mammillaria subg. Dolichothele, Mammillaria subg. Cochemiea, Mammillaria subg. Mammillaria, Mammillaria subg. Oehmea – subgenera

Descendants

• → Russian: маммилля́рия (mammilljárija)

References

• Mammillaria on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Mammillaria on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Mammillaria on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Mammillaria at USDA Plants database
• Mammillaria at Tropicos
• Mammillaria at Integrated Taxonomic Information System.
• Mammillaria at National Center for Biotechnology Information
• Mammillaria at Germplasm Resources Information Network
• Mammillaria at The Plant List
• Mammillaria at Paleobiology Database