Melocactus lemairei

Melocactus lemairei

Melocactus lemairei

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Melocactus
Species: Melocactus lemairei

Name

• Melocactus lemairei (Monv. ex Lem.) Miq. ex Lem., Hort. Univ. 1: 286, fig.

1839.

Synonyms

• Echinocactus lemairei Monv. ex Lem., Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 17. 1838 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Cactus lemairei (Monv. ex Lem.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 226. 1922 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Melocactus communis var. macrocephalus Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 418. 1827 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus communis var. conicus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus crassispinus Salm-Dyck in Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 10. 1840 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Melocactus conicus Lawr. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 319. 1841 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus macrocephalus Lawr. in Gard. Mag. (London) 17: 319. 1841 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus pycnacanthus Cels ex Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18 (Suppl. 1): 200 b. 1841 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus hispaniolicus Vaupel in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 29: 121. 1919 syn. sec. Hunt 2006

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Dominican Republic, Haiti References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Lemaire, C. (1840) L'Horticulteur Universel, Journal Général des Jardiniers et Amateurs 1: 286, fig.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Melocactus lemairei in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Melocactus lemairei in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Melocactus lemairei. Published online. Accessed: Apr 04 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Melocactus lemairei. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Apr 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Melocactus lemairei. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 04. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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