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Melocactus Link & Otto

This genus name was first published in in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 417. 1827.  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this genus 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-4000023681.

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link

Unplaced Names

These names are not yet placed in the taxonomy, but may be associated with Melocactus:

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus aciculosus J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000378391
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus acuatus Link & Otto Verh. Vereins Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten wfo-0000369338
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus albicephalus Buining & Brederoo – — wfo-0001254884
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus albicephalus Buining & Brederoo Kakteen wfo-0000369339
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus albispinus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000369344
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus alex-bragai P.J.Braun & Esteves Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) wfo-0000744245
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus ambiguus Pfeiff. Allg. Gartenzeitung wfo-0000369342
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus angusticostatus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000369327
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus appropinquatus J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000369334
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus approximatus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000369313
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus arcuatus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000369315
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus argenteus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000369316
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus armatus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000369398
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus atrosanguineus Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact. wfo-0000369367
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus atrovirens C.F.Först. Handb. Cakteenk. wfo-0000369368
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus baarscanus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000369366
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus baarsianus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000378398
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus bargei J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000369374
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus besleri Link & Otto Verh. Vereins Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten wfo-0000369358
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus besleri-affinis Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact. wfo-0000369360
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus bohiensis Britton – — wfo-0001254885
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus borhidii Mészáros – wfo-0001254883
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus bradleyi J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000369362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus bradypus Lehm. ex Steud. Nomencl. Bot. wfo-0000369357
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus brongnartii Hildm. Monatsschr. Kakteenk. wfo-0000378400
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus brongniartii Lem. Cact. Aliq. Nov. wfo-0000369363
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus buysianus J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000369364
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus calderanus Eerkens Succulenta (Netherlands) wfo-0000369361
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus capillaris Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000369388
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus cephalonoplus Lem. ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cakteenk. wfo-0000369389
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus cephalophora Salm-Dyck Cact. Hort. Dyck. wfo-0000369391
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus citrispinus Antesb. Kakteen Orchid. Rundschau wfo-0000378402
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus columna-trajani Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact. wfo-0000369395
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus compactus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000369387
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus conicus Lawr. Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. wfo-0000369393
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus contortus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000369381
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus cordatus J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000369392
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus cornutus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000369377
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus crassispinus Salm-Dyck Allg. Gartenzeitung wfo-0000369379
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus croceus J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000369376
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus cylindricus J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000375383
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus dichroacanthus Miq. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. wfo-0000375385
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus dilatatus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375384
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus eburneus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375373
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus elegans Pfeiff. Allg. Gartenzeitung wfo-0000375374
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus ellemeetii Miq. Ned. Kruidk. Arch. — wfo-0000375375
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus elongatus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375376
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus euryacanthus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375379
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus eustachianus J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000375380
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus evertszianus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375393
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus excavatus G.Don Hort. Brit. wfo-0000375377
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus extensus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375386
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus ferox Pfeiff. ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cakteenk. wfo-0000375404
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus ferox Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375405
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus ferus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375408
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus firmus J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000375409
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus flammeus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375417
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus flavispinus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375411
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus flexilis Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375403
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus flexus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375413
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus gardenerianus Booth ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cakteenk. wfo-0000375414
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus gilliesii Otto Allg. Gartenzeitung wfo-0000375395
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus gilvispinus J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000375412
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus gladiatus Link & Otto Verh. Vereins Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten wfo-0000375410
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus glaucencens Buining & Brederoo Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) wfo-0000378405
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus goniodacanthus Lem. Cact. Aliq. Nov. wfo-0000375391
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus gracilis J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000375392
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus grandis J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000375402
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus grandispinus J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000375394
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus grengelii J.Forbes Hort. Tour Germ. wfo-0000375389
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus grisoleoviridis Buining & Brederoo Kakteen And. Sukk. wfo-0000375398
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus guanensis Xhonneux & Fern.Alonso Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. wfo-0000375399
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus helvolilanthus Buining & Brederoo Succulenta (Netherlands) wfo-0000378392
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus hernandezii Fern.Alonso & Xhonneux Revista Acad. Colomb. Ci. Exact. wfo-0000375354
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus hexacanthus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375355
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus hispaniolicus Vaupel Monatsschr. Kakteenk. wfo-0000375356
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus hookeri Lawr. Gard. Mag. & Reg. Rural Domest. Improv. wfo-0000375358
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus hookeri J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000375364
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus hookerianus Forbes ex C.F.Först. Handb. Cakteenk. wfo-0000375353
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus horridus Werderm. – — wfo-0001255948
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus horridus Werderm. Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin-Dahlem wfo-0000375359
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus hystrix Parm. ex Miq. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. wfo-0000375361
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus inclinatus Antesb. Bradleya wfo-0000375362
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus incurvus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375416
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus inflatus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375469
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus ingens Karw. ex Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact. wfo-0000375470
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus intermedius Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375471
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus intricatus Link & Otto Verh. Vereins Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten wfo-0000375473
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus inversus J.V.Suringar Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 — wfo-0000375468
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus koolwijkianus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375476
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus lamarckii G.Don Gen. Hist. wfo-0000375461
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus langsdorfii DC. Prodr. wfo-0000375474
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus lasyacanthus Sprenger Gartenflora wfo-0000375455
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus latispinus Pfeiff. Enum. Diagn. Cact. wfo-0000375456
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus laui Antesb. Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) wfo-0000375457
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus lehmannii Miq. Linnaea wfo-0000375458
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus leopoldii auct. Gard. Chron. — wfo-0000375460
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus leucacanthus Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375454
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus leucaster Hoffmanns. Preiss-Verz. Pfl. wfo-0000375462
The editorial status of this taxon is Unplaced Melocactus limis Suringar Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch. wfo-0000375463