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As classified in WFO snapshot

July 2018

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Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff.

This species name was first published in in Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 313. 1835.  

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-0000375270.

Synonyms of Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Cactus meonacanthus Lem. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. wfo-0000577994
Cereus meonacanthus Link & Otto ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. wfo-0000597355
Echinocactus melocactoides Lem. Cact. Aliq. Nov. wfo-0000660674
Echinocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten wfo-0000660675
Melocactus depressus Hook. Bot. Mag. wfo-0001288763
Melocactus melocactoides (Hoffmanns.) DC. Prodr. wfo-0001289714
Melocactus melocactoides f. civitatis Rizzini Melocactus Bras. wfo-0001289715
Melocactus melocactoides f. exsanguis Rizzini Melocactus Bras. wfo-0001289716
Melocactus melocactoides var. depressus (Hook.) Rizzini Melocactus Bras. wfo-0001289717
Melocactus melocactoides f. depressus (Hook.) Rizzini Melocactus Bras. wfo-0001289718
Melocactus melocactoides var. itaipuassuensis Rizzini Melocactus Bras. wfo-0001289719
Melocactus melocactoides var. violaceus (Pfeiff.) Rizzini Melocactus Bras. wfo-0001289720
Melocactus violaceus subsp. violaceus wfo-0001289721

Subspecies in violaceus ( ${pageIsLoading?'loading':'showing'} subspecies ${currentlyShowingRangeFirst} to ${currentlyShowingRangeLast} of ${ totalPartsCount })

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link