| ID illustration | 362893 | 
| ID publication | 4667 | 
| ID volume | 7260 | 
| code scanning institute | NYBG | 
| scanning institute | New York Botanical Garden, U.S.A. | 
| URL volume | https://archive.org/details/floraofjamaicaco05fawc | 
| ID species cited | 655943 | 
| species cited | Melocactus communis (Aiton) Link & Otto | 
| ID basionym cited | 171791 | 
| basionym cited | Cactus melocactus var. communis Aiton | 
| ID species recognized | 656042 | 
| species recognized | Melocactus intortus (Miller) Urban | 
| ID basionym recognized | 171722 | 
| basionym recognized | Cactus intortus Miller | 
| ID genus cited | 1694 | 
| genus cited | Melocactus | 
| ID genus recognized | 1694 | 
| genus recognized | Melocactus | 
| Melocactus intortus (Miller) Urban [16] | |
|   | Cactaceae - Cactoideae - Cereeae - | 
| vernacular names | 
											
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| Melocactus Link & Otto [80] | |
| W. Fawcett, A.B. Rendle, Fl. Jamaica, vol. 5 : p. 283, fig. 109 (1910-1936) [161] | |
| epithet recognized species: intortus,-a,-um [4] | |
| epithet cited species: communis,-is,-e [1051] | |
| Illustration contributed by: | New York Botanical Garden, U.S.A. |