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March 2019

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species

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. ed. 2, 1: 246 1840		wfo-0000577994
Cereus meonacanthus	Link & Otto ex Steud.	Nomencl. Bot. ed. 2, 1: 334 1840		wfo-0000597355
Echinocactus melocactoides	Lem.	Cact. Aliq. Nov. 28 1838		wfo-0000660674
Echinocactus meonacanthus	Link & Otto	Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 428 1827		wfo-0000660675
Melocactus depressus	Hook.	Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3691 t. 3691 1838		wfo-0001288763
Melocactus melocactoides	(Hoffmanns.) DC.	Prodr. 3: 461 461 1828		wfo-0001289714
Melocactus melocactoides f. civitatis	Rizzini	Melocactus Bras. 81–83 81 1982		wfo-0001289715
Melocactus melocactoides f. exsanguis	Rizzini	Melocactus Bras. 83–84, f. 52, 54 83 1982		wfo-0001289716
Melocactus melocactoides var. depressus	(Hook.) Rizzini	Melocactus Bras. 82 82 1982		wfo-0001289717
Melocactus melocactoides f. depressus	(Hook.) Rizzini	Melocactus Bras. 82, 84, f. 49 82 1982	—	wfo-0001289718
Melocactus melocactoides var. itaipuassuensis	Rizzini	Melocactus Bras. 82, 84, f. 51 below 82 1982		wfo-0001289719
Melocactus melocactoides var. violaceus	(Pfeiff.) Rizzini	Melocactus Bras. 81, 83 81 1982		wfo-0001289720
Melocactus violaceus subsp. violaceus	–	–	—	wfo-0001289721

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