Taxonomic account

Melocactus peruvianus

Melocactus peruvianus Vaupel

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 jansenianus (Backeb.) Borg
Cactus townsendii Britton & Rose
Melocactus amstutziae Rauh & Backeb.
Melocactus fortalezensis Rauh & Backeb.
Melocactus huallancensis Rauh & Backeb.
Melocactus jansenianus Backeb.
Melocactus peruvianus var. amstutziae Rauh & Backeb.
Melocactus peruvianus var. canetensis Rauh & Backeb.
Melocactus peruvianus var. lurinensis Rauh & Backeb.
Melocactus townsendianus Backeb.
Melocactus trujilloensis Rauh & Backeb.
Melocactus trujilloensis var. schoenii Rauh & Backeb.
Melocactus unguispinus Backeb.

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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