Taxonomic account

Melocactus pedernalensis

Melocactus pedernalensis M.M.Mejía & R.G.García

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]

Melocactus caloxanthus Hoxey, Gdaniec & Cinea
Melocactus intortus subsp. domingensis Areces
Melocactus pedernalensis subsp. caloxanthus (Hoxey, Gdaniec & Cinea) Guiggi

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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