Förster, C.F., Rümpler, T., Carl Friedrich Forster’s Handbuch der Cacteenkunde (1886)
Handb. Cacteenk., ed. 2

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vol. 1 (1886)

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t. 48 p. 433

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recognized name:
656042 Melocactus intortus (Miller) Urban

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recognized name (basionym):
171722 Cactus intortus Miller

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cited name:
655943 Melocactus communis (Aiton) Link & Otto

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family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Cactoideae
tribe: Cereeae

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epithet cited: communis,-is,-e

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epithet recognized: intortus,-a,-um

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Illustration contributed by:
Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, U.S.A.

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synonyms:

homotypic synonyms:
Cactus intortus Miller; Echinocactus intortus (Miller) DC.;
heterotypic synonyms:
Melocactus amoenus Hoffmanns.; Melocactus antonii (Britton) F.M. Knuth; Melocactus communis (Aiton) Link & Otto;