Link, H.F., Otto, C.F., Gattungen Melocactus und Echinocactus
Melocactus & Echinocactus

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t. 20 p. 426 (1827)

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name cited:
Melocactus recurvus Link & Otto
name recognized:
Ferocactus recurvus (Miller) Borg
name recognized (basionym):
Cactus recurvus Miller

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drawing: C.W. Röthig

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family: Cactaceae
subfamily: Cactoideae
tribe: Cereeae

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epithet: recurvus,-a,-um

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https://www.plantillustrations.org/illustration.php?id_illustration=183823

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homotypic synonyms:
Cactus recurvus species Miller; Echinocactus recurvus species (Miller) Link & Otto; Echinofossulocactus recurvus species (Miller) Lawr.;