Melocactus intortus

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Melocactus intortus

Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16: 35. 1919 sec. Majure & al. 20221 wfo-0001287105
  • ≡Cactus intortus Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8: Cereus no. 2. 1768 syn. sec. Majure & al. 20221 wfo-0000577922
  • ≡Echinocactus intortus (Mill.) DC., Prodr. 3: 462. 1828 syn. sec. Kew 20192 wfo-0000660571
  • ≡Melocactus intortus subsp. intortus syn. sec. ??? wfo-0001432475
      • Neotype (designated by Taylor 1991: 783): Antigua, Howard 18492 (Antigua, Howard 18492 (K: K000251492, isoneotype: NY barcode 1496389))
  • 1. Majure, L.C., D.Barrios, 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, 2. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens, 3. Taylor, N. P. 1991: The genus Melocactus (Cactaceae) in Central and South America. – Bradleya 9: 1-80
  • =Cactus coronatus Lam., Encycl. 1(2): 537. 1785 syn. sec. Hunt 20064 wfo-0000577753
  • ≡Melocactus coronatus (Lam.) Backeb., Cactaceae 4: 2569. 1960 syn. sec. Hunt 20064 wfo-0001288742
  • 4. Hunt, D.R. 2006: The New Cactus Lexicon. – Milborne Port: dh books
  • =Cactus melocactus var. communis W.T.Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 150. 1789 syn. sec. Hunt 20065 wfo-0000577992
  • ≡Melocactus communis (W.T.Aiton) Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 417, t. 11. 1827 syn. sec. Hunt 20065 wfo-0001287830
  • ≡Cactus communis (W.T.Aiton) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 245. 1840 syn. sec. Kew 20196 wfo-0000577740
  • 5. Hunt, D.R. 2006: The New Cactus Lexicon. – Milborne Port: dh books, 6. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus communis var. oblongus Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 418. 1827 syn. sec. Kew 20197 wfo-0001432454
  • 7. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: t. 15. 1827 syn. sec. Kew 20198 wfo-0000375480
  • 8. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Cactus lamarkii Colla, Hortus Ripul. App. 3: 15. 1828 syn. sec. Hunt 20069 wfo-0000577940
  • 9. Hunt, D.R. 2006: The New Cactus Lexicon. – Milborne Port: dh books
  • =Echinocactus intortus var. purpureus DC., Prodr. 3: 462. 1828 syn. sec. Kew 201910 wfo-0001430634
  • 10. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Echinocactus rufispinus Bertol. in Ann. Storia Nat. 3: 223. 1830 syn. sec. Kew 201911 wfo-0000660887
  • 11. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus leucaster Hoffmanns. in Preiss. Verz. ed. 7: 22. 1833 syn. sec. Kew 201912 wfo-0000375462
  • 12. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus lamarckii G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 160. 1834 syn. sec. Kew 201913 wfo-0000375461
  • 13. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Echinocactus xanthacanthus Miq. in Linnaea 11: 155. 1837 syn. sec. Kew 201914 wfo-0000661094
  • ≡Melocactus xanthacanthus Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 169. 1841 syn. sec. Kew 201914 wfo-0000375219
  • 14. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus atrosanguineus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 44. 1837 syn. sec. Kew 201915 wfo-0000369367
  • 15. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus communis var. grengelii Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837 syn. sec. Kew 201916 wfo-0001432451
  • 16. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus communis var. havannensis Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837 syn. sec. Hunt 200617 wfo-0001040687
  • ≡Melocactus havannensis (Pfeiff.) Miq., Monogr. Melocacti: 64. 1840 syn. sec. Kew 201918 wfo-0001040691
  • 17. Hunt, D.R. 2006: The New Cactus Lexicon. – Milborne Port: dh books, 18. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus communis var. lanifer Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837 syn. sec. Kew 201919 wfo-0001432452
  • 19. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus communis var. viridis Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 42. 1837 syn. sec. Kew 201920 wfo-0001432455
  • 20. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus grengelii J.Forbes, Hort. Tour Germ.: 151. 1837 syn. sec. Kew 201921 wfo-0000375389
  • 21. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus macrocanthus Miq. in Linnaea 11: 157. 1837 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 192222 wfo-0000375485
  • 22. Britton, N. L. & Rose, J.N. 1922: Cactaceae 3.
  • =Melocactus rubens Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837 syn. sec. Kew 201923 wfo-0000375264
  • 23. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus brongniartii Lem., Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 12. 1838 syn. sec. Kew 201924 wfo-0000369363
  • 24. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus miquelii Lehm. in Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis). 1838 syn. sec. Kew 201925 wfo-0001288866
  • ≡Cactus miquelii (Lehm.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 1: 279. 1937 syn. sec. Kew 201925 wfo-0000578006
  • 25. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus dichroacanthus Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 147. 1841 syn. sec. Kew 201926 wfo-0000375385
  • 26. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus macracanthoides Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 173. 1841 syn. sec. Kew 201927 wfo-0000375484
  • 27. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus rubens Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 145. 1841 syn. sec. Kew 201928 wfo-0000375255
  • 28. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus wendlandii Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 146. 1841 syn. sec. Kew 201929 wfo-0000375251
  • 29. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus schlumbergerianus Lem. in Ill. Hort. 8(Misc.): 32. 1861 syn. sec. Kew 201930 wfo-0000375243
  • 30. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus portoricensis Suringar in Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., ser. 3, 9: 408. 1892 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 192231 wfo-0000378413
  • 31. Britton, N. L. & Rose, J.N. 1922: Cactaceae 3.
  • =Melocactus bradleyi Suringar in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 23. 1896 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 192232 wfo-0000369362
  • 32. Britton, N. L. & Rose, J.N. 1922: Cactaceae 3.
  • =Melocactus croceus Suringar in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 40. 1896 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 192233 wfo-0000369376
  • 33. Britton, N. L. & Rose, J.N. 1922: Cactaceae 3.
  • =Melocactus eustachianus Suringar in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 37. 1896 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 192234 wfo-0000375380
  • 34. Britton, N. L. & Rose, J.N. 1922: Cactaceae 3.
  • =Melocactus eustachius f. vetustior Valck.Sur. in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 37. 1896 syn. sec. Kew 201935 wfo-0001432465
  • 35. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Melocactus hookeri Valck.Sur. in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 31. 1896 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 192236 wfo-0000375364
  • 36. Britton, N. L. & Rose, J.N. 1922: Cactaceae 3.
  • =Melocactus linkii Valck.Sur. in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 39. 1896 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 192237 wfo-0000375464
  • 37. Britton, N. L. & Rose, J.N. 1922: Cactaceae 3.
  • =Cactus antonii Britton in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 4: 355. 1933 syn. sec. Majure & al. 202238 wfo-0000577665
  • ≡Melocactus antonii (Britton) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 342. 1935 syn. sec. Majure & al. 202238 wfo-0001288704
  • ≡Melocactus intortus var. antonii (Britton) Backeb., Cactaceae 4: 2575. 1960 syn. sec. Majure & al. 202238 wfo-0001289746
      • Lectotype (designated by Majure & al. 2022: 100539): Puerto Rico, Desecheo Island, 18–19 Feb 1914, Britton, Cowell & Hess 1645 (Puerto Rico, Desecheo Island, 18–19 Feb 1914, Britton, Cowell & Hess 1645 (NY: 00948111, isolectotypes: US barcodes 00048099, 00190559))
  • 38. Majure, L.C., D.Barrios, 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, 39. Majure, L.C., D.Barrios, 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
  • =Cactus intortus f. desiradensis Stehlé, Fl. Agron. Antilles Franç. 10: 124. 1958 syn. sec. Kew 201940 wfo-0001430271
  • 40. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens
  • =Cactus intortus f. quentinianus Stehlé, Fl. Agron. Antilles Franç. 10: 124. 1958 syn. sec. Kew 201941 wfo-0001430272
  • 41. Kew 2019: Dataset export of the World Checklist of Vascular Plants database, dated 19 December. – Kew: Royal Botanic Gardens

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