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Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Melocactus (family Cactaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 313 1835.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:303762-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Cactus melocactoides Hoffmanns.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cactus meonacanthus Lem. ex Steud.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Cereus meonacanthus Link & Otto ex Steud.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocactus melocactoides Lem.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Echinocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto	Synonym		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melocactus depressus Hook.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus melocactoides (Hoffmanns.) DC.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus melocactoides f. civitatis Rizzini	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus melocactoides var. depressus (Hook.) Rizzini	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus melocactoides f. depressus (Hook.) Rizzini	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus melocactoides f. exsanguis Rizzini	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus melocactoides var. itaipuassuensis Rizzini	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus melocactoides var. violaceus (Pfeiff.) Rizzini	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melocactus violaceus subsp. violaceus	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Melocactus violaceus subsp. margaritaceus N.P. Taylor	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Melocactus violaceus subsp. ritteri N.P. Taylor	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2370342.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed