Melocactus intortus

Melocactus intortus subsp. intortus

Melocactus intortus

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 intortus

Name

• Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb., Repert. Spec. Nov. Regni Veg. 16(1/4): 35. 1919.

Synonyms

• Cactus intortus Mill., Gard. Dict., ed. 8: Cereus no. 2. 1768 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Echinocactus intortus (Mill.) DC., Prodr. 3: 462. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Melocactus intortus subsp. intortus syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Cactus coronatus Lam., Encycl. 1(2): 537. 1785 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Melocactus coronatus (Lam.) Backeb., Cactaceae 4: 2569. 1960 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Cactus melocactus var. communis W.T.Aiton, Hort. Kew. 2: 150. 1789 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Melocactus communis (W.T.Aiton) Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 417, t. 11. 1827 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Cactus communis (W.T.Aiton) Steud., Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 1: 245. 1840 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus communis var. oblongus Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 418. 1827 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto in Verh. Vereins Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: t. 15. 1827 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cactus lamarkii Colla, Hortus Ripul. App. 3: 15. 1828 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Echinocactus intortus var. purpureus DC., Prodr. 3: 462. 1828 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocactus rufispinus Bertol. in Ann. Storia Nat. 3: 223. 1830 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus leucaster Hoffmanns. in Preiss. Verz. ed. 7: 22. 1833 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus lamarckii G.Don, Gen. Hist. 3: 160. 1834 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Echinocactus xanthacanthus Miq. in Linnaea 11: 155. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Melocactus xanthacanthus Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 169. 1841 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus atrosanguineus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 44. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus communis var. grengelii Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus communis var. havannensis Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Melocactus havannensis (Pfeiff.) Miq., Monogr. Melocacti: 64. 1840 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus communis var. lanifer Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus communis var. viridis Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 42. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus grengelii J.Forbes, Hort. Tour Germ.: 151. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus macrocanthus Miq. in Linnaea 11: 157. 1837 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Melocactus rubens Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 43. 1837 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus brongniartii Lem., Cact. Aliq. Nov.: 12. 1838 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus miquelii Lehm. in Index Seminum (HBG, Hamburgensis). 1838 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Cactus miquelii (Lehm.) Borg, Cacti, ed. 1: 279. 1937 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus dichroacanthus Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 147. 1841 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus macracanthoides Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 173. 1841 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus rubens Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 145. 1841 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus wendlandii Miq. in Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 18(Suppl. 1): 146. 1841 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus schlumbergerianus Lem. in Ill. Hort. 8(Misc.): 32. 1861 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus portoricensis Suringar in Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., ser. 3, 9: 408. 1892 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Melocactus bradleyi Suringar in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 23. 1896 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Melocactus croceus Suringar in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 40. 1896 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Melocactus eustachianus Suringar in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 37. 1896 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Melocactus eustachius f. vetustior Valck.Sur. in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 37. 1896 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus hookeri Valck.Sur. in Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 31. 1896 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Melocactus linkii Valck.Sur. in Verh. Kon. Ned. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2, 5(3): 39. 1896 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Cactus antonii Britton in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 4: 355. 1933 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Melocactus antonii (Britton) F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 342. 1935 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
• Melocactus intortus var. antonii (Britton) Backeb., Cactaceae 4: 2575. 1960 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cactus intortus f. desiradensis Stehlé, Fl. Agron. Antilles Franç. 10: 124. 1958 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Cactus intortus f. quentinianus Stehlé, Fl. Agron. Antilles Franç. 10: 124. 1958 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribean Bahamas, Leeward Is., Puerto Rico, Turks-Caicos Is., Windward Is. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Urban, I. in Fedde, F.K.G., ed. (1919) Repertorium Specierum Novarum Regni Vegetabilis. Centralblatt für Sammlung und Veroffentlichung von Einzeldiagnosen neuer Pflanzen. Berlin 16(1/4): 35.

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 intortus 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 intortus 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 intortus. Published online. Accessed: Apr 04 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Melocactus intortus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Apr 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Melocactus intortus. 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. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melocactus intortus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

English: Turk's-cap cactus
español: melón de costa

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