- Family: Cactaceae Juss.
- Genus: Melocactus Link & Otto
Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff.
- Genus: Melocactus Link & Otto
This species is accepted, and its native range is NE. Brazil (to NE. Minas Gerais).
Distribution
Accepted Infraspecifics
Synonyms
- Cactus melocactoides Hoffmanns.
- Cactus melocactus var. depressus Aiton
- Cactus meonacanthus Lem. ex Steud.
- Cereus meonacanthus Link & Otto ex Steud.
- Echinocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto
- Melocactus depressus (Aiton) Hook.
- Melocactus gardenerianus J.R.Booth ex C.F.Först.
- Melocactus goniodacanthus Lem.
- Melocactus melocactoides (Hoffmanns.) DC.
- Melocactus melocactoides f. exsanguis Rizzini
- Melocactus melocactoides var. itaipuassuensis Rizzini
- Melocactus parthonii Miq.
- Melocactus violaceus subsp. natalensis P.J.Braun & Esteves
Other Data
Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff. appears in other Kew resources:
Bibliography
First published in Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 313 (1835)
Sources
Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
Kew Backbone Distributions
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families 2019. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/
© Copyright 2017 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0