| ID illustration | 383916 | 
| ID publication | 1469 | 
| ID volume | 113063 | 
| code scanning institute | NYBG | 
| scanning institute | New York Botanical Garden, U.S.A. | 
| URL volume | https://archive.org/details/verhandlungendes03vere | 
| ID species cited | 656095 | 
| species cited | Melocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto | 
| ID basionym cited | 656095 | 
| basionym cited | Melocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto | 
| ID species recognized | 656210 | 
| species recognized | Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff. | 
| ID basionym recognized | 656210 | 
| basionym recognized | Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff. | 
| ID genus cited | 1694 | 
| genus cited | Melocactus | 
| ID genus recognized | 1694 | 
| genus recognized | Melocactus | 
| Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff. [7] | |
|   | Cactaceae - Cactoideae - Cereeae - | 
| vernacular names | 
											
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| Melocactus Link & Otto [80] | |
| Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten, vol. 3 : t. 15 (1824) [C.W. Röthig] [22] | |
| drawing: C.W. Röthig [50] | |
| lithography: F. Guimpel | |
| epithet recognized species: violaceus,-a,-um [331] | |
| epithet cited species: meonacanthus,-a,-um [2] | |
| Illustration contributed by: | New York Botanical Garden, U.S.A. |