Melocactus communis (W.T.Aiton) Link & Otto
, Verh. Vereins Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 417 (t. 11) (1827). BHL
External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30028072-2
- Publication
- Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Beforderung des Gartenbaues in den Koniglich Preussischen Staaten
- Collation
- 3: 417 (t. 11)
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cactaceae
Type Information
- Distribution Of Types
- Jamaica (Caribbean, Southern America)
Remarks
Link & Otto cited Cactus melocactus L. (1753), among others, as a synonym. They seem to have avoided making the comb. nov. Melocactus melocactus (a tautonym; invalid).