Melocactus pedernalensis

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 pedernalensis

Name

Melocactus pedernalensis M.M.Mejía & R.G.García, Moscosoa 9: 12 (1997).

• • Type: Dominican Republic: Prov. Pedernales: 60m north of the Oviedo-Pedernales road, 5km before the town of Pedernales. A.E. Areces 6380. 1991-6-1. HT: JBSD, IT: MNHN, IT: NY.

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Melocactus intortus subsp. domingensis Areces, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 69: 246 (1997).

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

• Mejía, M.M. & García, R.G. 1997. Moscosoa 9: 12.

Additional references

• 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 pedernalensis 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 pedernalensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Melocactus pedernalensis. Published online. Accessed: Nov 30 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Melocactus pedernalensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Nov 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Melocactus pedernalensis. 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 Nov 30. Reference page. 

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