Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff. [ Melocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto]
Link, H.F., Otto, C.F., Gattungen Melocactus und Echinocactus
Melocactus & Echinocactus
t. 15 p. 429 (1827)
name cited:
Melocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto
name recognized:
Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff.
drawing: C.W. Röthig
family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Cactoideae
tribe: Cereeae
epithet cited: meonacanthus,-a,-um
epithet recognized: violaceus,-a,-um
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Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff. (Cactaceae) [Melocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto ] H.F. Link, C.F. Otto, Die Gattungen Melocactus und Echinocactus: p. 429, t. 15 (1827) [C.W. Röthig]