As classified in WFO snapshot
December 2023
latest classification for this taxon
species
Melocactus intortus
This species name was first published in Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 35. 1919.
At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0001287105.
Synonyms of Melocactus intortus
| Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melocactus bradleyi | in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 5(3): 23. 1896. | — | wfo-0000369362 | |
| Melocactus brongniartii | Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 12. 1838. | — | wfo-0000369363 | |
| Melocactus atrosanguineus | Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 44. 1837. | — | wfo-0000369367 | |
| Melocactus croceus | in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 5(3): 40. 1896. | — | wfo-0000369376 | |
| Melocactus xanthacanthus | in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 169. 1841. | — | wfo-0000375219 | |
| Melocactus schlumbergerianus | in Ill. Hort. 8(Misc.): 32. 1861. | — | wfo-0000375243 | |
| Melocactus wendlandii | in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 146. 1841. | — | wfo-0000375251 | |
| Melocactus rubens | in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 145. 1841. | — | wfo-0000375255 | |
| Melocactus rubens | Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837. | — | wfo-0000375264 | |
| Melocactus hookeri | in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 5(3): 31. 1896. | — | wfo-0000375364 | |
| Melocactus eustachianus | in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 5(3): 37. 1896. | — | wfo-0000375380 | |
| Melocactus dichroacanthus | in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 147. 1841. | — | wfo-0000375385 | |
| Melocactus grengelii | Hort. Tour Germ.: 151. 1837. | — | wfo-0000375389 | |
| Melocactus lamarckii | Gen. Hist. 3: 160. 1834. | — | wfo-0000375461 | |
| Melocactus leucaster | in Preiss. Verz. ed. 7: 22. 1833. | — | wfo-0000375462 | |
| Melocactus linkii | in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 39. 1896. | — | wfo-0000375464 | |
| Melocactus meonacanthus | in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: t. 15. 1827. | — | wfo-0000375480 | |
| Melocactus macracanthoides | in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 173. 1841. | — | wfo-0000375484 | |
| Melocactus macrocanthus | in Linnaea 11: 157. 1837. | — | wfo-0000375485 | |
| Melocactus portoricensis | in Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., ser. 3, 9: 408. 1892. | — | wfo-0000378413 | |
| Cactus antonii | in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 4: 355. 1933. | — | wfo-0000577665 | |
| Cactus communis | Nomencl. Bot. 1: 245. 1840. | — | wfo-0000577740 | |
| Cactus coronatus | Encycl. 1(2): 537. 1785. | — | wfo-0000577753 | |
| Cactus intortus | Gard. Dict.: Cereus no. 2. 1768. | — | wfo-0000577922 | |
| Cactus lamarkii | Hortus Ripul. App. 3: 15. 1828. | — | wfo-0000577940 | |
| Cactus melocactus var. communis | Hort. Kew. 2: 150. 1789. | — | wfo-0000577992 | |
| Cactus miquelii | Cacti: 279. 1937. | — | wfo-0000578006 | |
| Echinocactus intortus | Prodr. 3: 462. 1828. | — | wfo-0000660571 | |
| Echinocactus rufispinus | in Ann. Storia Nat. 3: 223. 1830. | — | wfo-0000660887 | |
| Echinocactus xanthacanthus | in Linnaea 11: 155. 1837. | — | wfo-0000661094 | |
| Melocactus communis var. havannensis | Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837. | — | wfo-0001040687 | |
| Melocactus havannensis | Monogr. Melocacti: 64. 1840. | — | wfo-0001040691 | |
| Melocactus communis | in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 417, t. 11. 1827. | — | wfo-0001287830 | |
| Melocactus antonii | Kaktus-ABC: 342. 1935. | — | wfo-0001288704 | |
| Melocactus coronatus | Cactaceae 4: 2569. 1960. | — | wfo-0001288742 | |
| Melocactus miquelii | in Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis): . 1838. | — | wfo-0001288866 | |
| Melocactus intortus var. antonii | Cactaceae 4: 2575. 1960. | — | wfo-0001289746 | |
| Cactus intortus f. desiradensis | Fl. Agron. Antilles Franç. 10: 124. 1958. | — | wfo-0001430271 | |
| Cactus intortus f. quentinianus | Fl. Agron. Antilles Franç. 10: 124. 1958. | — | wfo-0001430272 | |
| Echinocactus intortus var. purpureus | Prodr. 3: 462. 1828. | — | wfo-0001430634 | |
| Melocactus communis var. grengelii | Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837. | — | wfo-0001432451 | |
| Melocactus communis var. lanifer | Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837. | — | wfo-0001432452 | |
| Melocactus communis var. oblongus | in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 418. 1827. | — | wfo-0001432454 | |
| Melocactus communis var. viridis | Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 42. 1837. | — | wfo-0001432455 | |
| Melocactus eustachius f. vetustior | in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 37. 1896. | — | wfo-0001432465 | |
| Melocactus intortus subsp. intortus | – | – | — | wfo-0001432475 |