Mammillaria elegans is a species of cacti in the tribe Cacteae. It is native to Mexico. Mammillaria elegans A.P. de Candolle 1828. is a 'nomen confusum' (confused name) also applied to Mammillaria haageana subsp. elegans and refers both to Mammillaria geminispina with latex in the stem (subgenus Mammillaria section Hydrochylus series supertextae ) and to Mammillaria haageana, without latex in the stem (subgenus Mammillaria, section Galactophylous, series Leucocephale) Habit: Solitary, seldom branching cactus.
Names brought to synonymy: Mammillaria elegans var. supertexta (Mart.) Schelle, 1907Schelle, Handb. Kakteenkult. 261, 1907 or Mammillaria elegans var. lanata (Britton & Rose) B.Hofmann, 1986,B.Hofmann, Inform.-Brief ZAG Mammillaria 1985, page 25, 1986 synonyms for Mammillaria supertexta
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External links Mammillaria elegans at Tropicos