Melocactus intortus (Miller) Urban [ Melocactus communis (Aiton) Link & Otto]
Fawcett, W., Rendle, A.B., Flora of Jamaica (1910-1936)
Fl. Jamaica

vol. 5 (1926)
p. 283 f. 109
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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
family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Cactoideae
tribe: Cereeae
epithet cited: communis,-is,-e

epithet recognized: intortus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
New York Botanical Garden, U.S.A.
link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=362893
contact about this record 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;