As classified in WFO snapshot
December 2023
latest classification for this taxon
genus
Melocactus
This genus name was first published in in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 417. 1827.
At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000023681.
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Species in Melocactus ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} species ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })
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Unplaced Names
These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Melocactus:
| Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
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| Melocactus atrovirens | Handb. Cacteenk.: 279. 1846. | — | wfo-0000369368 | |
| Melocactus calderanus | in Succulenta (Netherlands) 83: 166. 2004. | — | wfo-0000369361 | |
| Melocactus columna-trajani | Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 46. 1837. | — | wfo-0000369395 | |
| Melocactus curvispinus subsp. guitarti | Cact.-Advent. Int. [Almeria] 34(121): 90. 2022 [Oct 2022 publ. 11 Nov 2022] [epublished] | wfo-1200029834 | ||
| Melocactus excavatus | Hort. Brit.: 282. 1839. | — | wfo-0000375377 | |
| Melocactus harlowii subsp. acunae | Cactology 5(Suppl. 14): 2. 2023 [17 Jan 2023] [epublished] | wfo-1200027253 | ||
| Melocactus harlowii subsp. radoczii | Cactology 5(Suppl. 14): 2. 2023 [17 Jan 2023] [epublished] | wfo-1200027254 | ||
| Melocactus hookeri | in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 319. 1841. | — | wfo-0000375358 | |
| Melocactus hookerianus | Handb. Cacteenk.: 279. 1846. | — | wfo-0000375353 | |
| Melocactus hystrix | in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 138. 1841. | — | wfo-0000375361 | |
| Melocactus lasyacanthus | in Gartenflora 41: 248. 1892. | — | wfo-0000375455 | |
| Melocactus lemairei subsp. pygmaeus | Cactology 5(Suppl. 14): 2. 2023 [17 Jan 2023] [epublished] | wfo-1200027255 | ||
| Melocactus leopoldii | in Gard. Chron., n.s., 5: 603. 1876. | — | wfo-0000375460 | |
| Melocactus montevidensis | Ann. Fl. Pomone 8: 39 1840 | wfo-1000055919 | ||
| Melocactus monvillianus | in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 133. 1841. | — | wfo-0000375423 | |
| Melocactus ocampo | Fl. Jard. 2: 291. 1847 [Apr 1847] | wfo-1000057598 | ||
| Melocactus octogonus | Hort. Tour Germ.: 151. 1837. | — | wfo-0000375419 | |
| Melocactus praerupticola subsp. pygmaeus | Haseltonia 30(1): 64 2023 | wfo-1200068871 | ||
| Melocactus pygmaeus | Caribbean J. Sci. 52(2): 210. 2022 [21 Oct 2022] | wfo-1000043542 | ||
| Melocactus viridis | in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 319. 1841. | — | wfo-0000375272 |