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

The garden. An illustrated weekly journal of horticulture in all its branches [ed. William Robinson], vol. 12: p. 443 (1877)

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

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University of Massachusetts Amherst Libraries, U.S.A.

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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.