Melocactus pedernalensis

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Melocactus pedernalensis

Melocactus pedernalensis M.M.Mejía & R.G.García in Moscosoa 9: 12. 1997 sec. Majure & al. 20221 wfo-0000375453
      Holotype: Dominican Republic, Prov. Pedernales, 8.5 km al SE del pueblo de Pedernales,lado norte de carretera hacia Oviedo, zona árida, alt. 5 – 10 m, 29 Jul 1995, R. García, M. Mejía & S. Rodríguez 5789 (Dominican Republic, Prov. Pedernales, 8.5 km al SE del pueblo de Pedernales,lado norte de carretera hacia Oviedo, zona árida, alt. 5 – 10 m, 29 Jul 1995, García, Mejía & Rodríguez 5789 (JBSD: 19409, isotypes: MAPR, NY barcode 00076857, US barcodes 00588773, 00588774))
  • 1. Majure, L.C., Barrios, D., Díaz, E., Bacci, L.F. & Piñeyro, Y.E. 2022: Phylogenomics of the Caribbean melocacti: Cryptic species and multiple invasions. – Taxon 71(5): 993-1012.. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12791
  • =Melocactus intortus subsp. domingensis Areces in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 69(5): 246. 1997 syn. sec. Majure & al. 20222 wfo-0001432474
      • Holotype: Dominican Republic, Prov. Pedernales, 60 m north of the Oviedo–Pedernales road, 5 km before the town of Pedernales, 1 Jun 1991, A. E. Areces-Mallea 6380 (Dominican Republic, Prov. Pedernales, 60 m north of the Oviedo–Pedernales road, 5 km before the town of Pedernales, 1 Jun 1991, Areces-Mallea 6380 (JBSD, not found, isotypes: MNHN, not found; NY barcodes 00079906, 001085406, 001085407, 001163559))
  • 2. Majure, L.C., Barrios, D., Díaz, E., Bacci, L.F. & Piñeyro, Y.E. 2022: Phylogenomics of the Caribbean melocacti: Cryptic species and multiple invasions. – Taxon 71(5): 993-1012.. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12791
  • =Melocactus caloxanthus Hoxey, Gdaniec & Cinea in CactusWorld 39: 98. 2021 syn. sec. Majure & al. 20223 wfo-0001302815
      • Holotype: Haiti, Dept. Sud-Est, Coastal limestone west of Anse-á-Pitres [a preserved specimen of a plant raised from seed in Gibraltar Botanic Gardens]), no date given, P. Hoxey & Gdaniec s.n. (GIB accession no. GIB2021001)
  • 3. Majure, L.C., Barrios, D., Díaz, E., Bacci, L.F. & Piñeyro, Y.E. 2022: Phylogenomics of the Caribbean melocacti: Cryptic species and multiple invasions. – Taxon 71(5): 993-1012.. https://doi.org/10.1002/tax.12791

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Distribution (Area)

Dominican Republic nativeA Haiti nativeA

Distribution (General)

Endemic to Hispaniola; found in low elevation coastal dry forests of the Southwest of the Dominican Republic and the Southeast of Haití.A

Bibliography

A. Piñeyro, Y.E., Cinea, W. & Majure, L.C. 2023: Towards a treatment for the cactus family (Cactaceae) on Hispaniola: Generic key, species checklist, nomenclature assessments and distribution notes. – Haseltonia 30(1): 67-95. https://doi.org/10.2985/026.030.0108