Melocactus intortus (Miller) Urban [as Melocactus communis (Aiton) Link & Otto]
cited name:
Melocactus communis (Aiton) Link & Otto

Verhandlungen der Kaiserlichen Leopoldinisch-Carolinischen Akademie der Naturforscher; Nova acta physico-medica academiae caesareae leopoldino-carolinae naturae curiosorum, vol. 18(Suppl. 1): t. 1, fig. 2 (1841)

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family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Cactoideae
tribe: Cereeae
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epithet cited: communis,-is,-e
epithet recognized: intortus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
Natural History Museum, London

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Synonyms:

1. Cactus intortus Miller
2. Cactus melocactus Aiton
3. Melocactus amoenus Hoffmanns.
4. Melocactus antonii (Britton) F.M. Knuth
5. Melocactus communis (Aiton) Link & Otto
6. Melocactus intortus (Britton) Backeb.