Taxonomic account

Melocactus bahiensis

Melocactus bahiensis (Britton & Rose) Luetzelb.

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Melocactus
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Cactus bahiensis Britton & Rose
Melocactus acispinosus Buining & Brederoo
Melocactus amethystinus Buining & Brederoo
Melocactus ammotrophus Buining & Brederoo
Melocactus bahiensis f. acispinosus (Buining & Brederoo) N.P.Taylor
Melocactus bahiensis f. amethystinus (Buining & Brederoo) N.P.Taylor
Melocactus bahiensis subsp. amethystinus (Buining & Brederoo) N.P.Taylor
Melocactus glauxianus Brederoo & C.A.L.Bercht
Melocactus grisoleoviridis Buining & Brederoo
Melocactus lensselinkianus Buining & Brederoo
Melocactus oreas subsp. bahiensis (Britton & Rose) Rizzini

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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