As classified in WFO snapshot
June 2025
latest classification for this taxon
species
Melocactus violaceus
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
| Name | Author | Protologue | Nomenclator | WFO link |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Melocactus goniodacanthus | Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 11. 1838. | wfo-0000375391 | ||
| Melocactus gardenerianus | Handb. Cacteenk.: 277. 1846. | — | wfo-0000375414 | |
| Melocactus parthonii | in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 190. 1841. | — | wfo-0000375430 | |
| Cactus depressus | Cacti: 279. 1937. | wfo-0000577783 | ||
| Cactus melocactoides | in Verz. Pfl.-Kult. Nachtr. 3: 24. 1826. | wfo-0000577990 | ||
| Cactus meonacanthus | Nomencl. Bot. 1: 246. 1840. | wfo-0000577994 | ||
| Cereus meonacanthus | Nomencl. Bot. 1: 334. 1840. | — | wfo-0000597355 | |
| Echinocactus meonacanthus | in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 428. 1827. | — | wfo-0000660675 | |
| Melocactus depressus | in Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3691. 1838. | wfo-0001288763 | ||
| Melocactus melocactoides | Prodr. 3: 461. 1828. | — | wfo-0001289714 | |
| Melocactus melocactoides f. civitatis | Melocactus Bras.: 81–83. 1982. | — | wfo-0001289715 | |
| Melocactus melocactoides f. exsanguis | Melocactus Bras.: 83–84, f. 52, 54. 1982. | wfo-0001289716 | ||
| Melocactus melocactoides var. depressus | Melocactus Bras.: 82. 1982. | wfo-0001289717 | ||
| Melocactus melocactoides f. depressus | Melocactus Bras.: 82, 84. 1982. | — | wfo-0001289718 | |
| Melocactus melocactoides var. itaipuassuensis | Melocactus Bras.: 82, 84. 1982. | wfo-0001289719 | ||
| Melocactus melocactoides var. violaceus | Melocactus Bras.: 81, 83. 1982. | wfo-0001289720 | ||
| Cactus melocactus var. depressus | Hort. Kew. 2: 150. 1789. | — | wfo-0001430275 | |
| Melocactus melocactoides f. capensis | Melocactus Bras.: 83. 1982. | wfo-0001432491 | ||
| Melocactus melocactoides f. perspinosus | Melocactus Bras.: 82. 1982. | wfo-0001432492 | ||
| Melocactus melocactoides f. sanctaritae | Melocactus Bras.: 83. 1982. | wfo-0001432493 | ||
| Melocactus melocactoides var. natalensis | Melocactus Bras.: 82, 84. 1982. | wfo-0001432494 | ||
| Melocactus violaceus subsp. natalensis | in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 69(2): 71. 1997. | — | wfo-0001432535 |
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