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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
Melocactus goniodacanthus Lem. Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 11. 1838. wfo-0000375391
Melocactus gardenerianus Booth ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cacteenk.: 277. 1846. — wfo-0000375414
Melocactus parthonii Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 190. 1841. — wfo-0000375430
Cactus depressus (Hook.) Borg Cacti: 279. 1937. wfo-0000577783
Cactus melocactoides Hoffmanns. in Verz. Pfl.-Kult. Nachtr. 3: 24. 1826. wfo-0000577990
Cactus meonacanthus Lem. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 246. 1840. wfo-0000577994
Cereus meonacanthus Link & Otto ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 334. 1840. — wfo-0000597355
Echinocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 428. 1827. — wfo-0000660675
Melocactus depressus Hook. in Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3691. 1838. wfo-0001288763
Melocactus melocactoides (Hoffmanns.) DC. Prodr. 3: 461. 1828. — wfo-0001289714
Melocactus melocactoides f. civitatis Rizzini Melocactus Bras.: 81–83. 1982. — wfo-0001289715
Melocactus melocactoides f. exsanguis Rizzini Melocactus Bras.: 83–84, f. 52, 54. 1982. wfo-0001289716
Melocactus melocactoides var. depressus (Hook.) Rizzini Melocactus Bras.: 82. 1982. wfo-0001289717
Melocactus melocactoides f. depressus (Hook.) Rizzini Melocactus Bras.: 82, 84. 1982. — wfo-0001289718
Melocactus melocactoides var. itaipuassuensis Rizzini Melocactus Bras.: 82, 84. 1982. wfo-0001289719
Melocactus melocactoides var. violaceus (Pfeiff.) Rizzini Melocactus Bras.: 81, 83. 1982. wfo-0001289720
Cactus melocactus var. depressus Aiton Hort. Kew. 2: 150. 1789. — wfo-0001430275
Melocactus melocactoides f. capensis Rizzini Melocactus Bras.: 83. 1982. wfo-0001432491
Melocactus melocactoides f. perspinosus Rizzini Melocactus Bras.: 82. 1982. wfo-0001432492
Melocactus melocactoides f. sanctaritae Rizzini Melocactus Bras.: 83. 1982. wfo-0001432493
Melocactus melocactoides var. natalensis Rizzini Melocactus Bras.: 82, 84. 1982. wfo-0001432494
Melocactus violaceus subsp. natalensis P.J.Braun & Esteves in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 69(2): 71. 1997. — wfo-0001432535

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link