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

Curtis’s Botanical Magazine, t. 3039-3122, vol. 58 [ser. 2, vol. 5]: t. 3090 (1831) [W.J. Hooker]

drawing: W.J. Hooker
engraving:

family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Cactoideae
tribe: Cereeae
subtribe:

epithet cited: communis,-is,-e
epithet recognized: intortus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, 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.