Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff. [ Melocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto]
Verhandlungen des Vereins zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten
Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten

vol. 3 (1824)
t. 15
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Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff.


name cited:
Melocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto
name recognized:
Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff.
drawing: C.W. Röthig
engraving/lithography: F. Guimpel
family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Cactoideae
tribe: Cereeae
epithet cited: meonacanthus,-a,-um

epithet recognized: violaceus,-a,-um

Illustration contributed by:
New York Botanical Garden, U.S.A.
link to this page:
http://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=383916
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synonyms:

heterotypic synonyms:
Cactus melocactoides Hoffmanns.; Cactus meonacanthus Lemaire ex Steudel; Cereus meonacanthus Link & Otto ex Steudel; Echinocactus melocactoides Lemaire; Echinocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto; Melocactus depressus Hook.; Melocactus melocactoides (Hoffmanns.) DC.; Melocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto;
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6 656210 Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff.
Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten, vol. 3 : t. 15 (1824) [C.W. Röthig]