Melocactus borhidii Z.Mészáros in Acta Biol. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22: 135. 1976
Melocactus borhidii in Acta Biol. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22: 135. 1976
is basionym for Melocactus harlowii subsp. borhidii in Kaktusy (Brno) 49(Special 1): 27. 2013
Holotype: Cuba, [Guantánamo Province], 10–20 m above sea level near coast, on the second and third limestone terraces on the outskirts of Tortuguilla, E of the mouth of Río Yateras, on the southern side of the Sierra Purial, coast of the Province Oriente, Jan 1975 [in label: Oriente, Sierra del Purial, Tortuguilla, Feb. 1975], Mészáros & Nagy s.n. (HAC: No. SV 27870)