Melocactus intortus (Miller) Urban [ Melocactus communis (Aiton) Link & Otto]
Mémoires du Muséum d’histoire naturelle (1815-1832)
Mem. Mus. Hist. Nat.

vol. 17 (1828)
t. 6
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Melocactus intortus (Miller) Urban


name cited:
Melocactus communis (Aiton) Link & Otto
name cited (basionym):
Cactus melocactus var. communis Aiton
name recognized:
Melocactus intortus (Miller) Urban
name recognized (basionym):
Cactus intortus Miller
drawing: unsigned
family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Cactoideae
tribe: Cereeae
epithet cited: communis,-is,-e

epithet recognized: intortus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
Smithsonian Institute, Washington, D.C., U.S.A.
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homotypic synonyms:
Cactus intortus Miller; Echinocactus intortus (Miller) DC.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Melocactus amoenus Hoffmanns.; Melocactus antonii (Britton) F.M. Knuth; Melocactus communis (Aiton) Link & Otto;
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