External links to taxonomic opinions:
- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60442203-2
- Species Name
- Cactus melocactus L., Sp. Pl. 1: 466 (1753).
- Publication
- Hortus Kewensis; or, a Catalogue of the Plants Cultivated in the Royal Botanic Garden at Kew. London2nd ed.)
- Collation
- 3: 175
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cactaceae
Type Information
- Locality
- West Indies