As classified in WFO snapshot
June 2024
latest classification for this taxon
species
Melocactus tephracanthus
Link & Otto
This species name was first published in in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: t. 16. 1827.
This species name has been reclassified since this snapshot. Its current preferred usage is a synonym .