IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)

urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:965926-1

Species Name

Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff., Allg. Gartenzeitung (Otto & Dietrich) 3: 313 (1835).

Publication

Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society. Botley

Collation

9: 57 (1991), nom. nov.

Date of Publication

1991

Family as entered in IPNI

Cactaceae

Original Data

Replaced Synonym

MELOCACTUS macrodiscus var. minor

Links

Replaced synonym

Melocactus macrodiscus var. minor F.Ritter, Kakteen Südamerika 1: 133 (1979) (1979).

Same citation as

Melocactus violaceus subsp. ritteri N.P.Taylor, Bradleya 9: 57 (1993).