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Internal ID UUID64405aa0489a2323765917
Scientific name Melocactus oreas
Authority Miq.
First published in Monogr. Melocacti: 113. 1840.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Cactus oreas (Miq.) Britton & Rose Cactaceae 3: 227. 1922.
Melocactus alex-bragai P.J.Braun & Esteves in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 80: 252. 2008.
Melocactus alex-bragae P.J.Braun & Esteves in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 80: 252. 2008.
Melocactus oreas var. submunitis Rizzini Melocactus Bras.: 54, f. 22. 1982.
Melocactus oreas var. submunitus Rizzini Melocactus Bras.: 54. 1982.
Melocactus oreas subsp. alex-bragae (P.J.Braun) Guiggi in Phytotaxa 496(1): 97. 2021.

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Chinese 妖云

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Melocactus oreas subsp. cremnophilus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun in Bradleya 6: 95. 1988.
Melocactus oreas subsp. oreas

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World Flora Online wfo-0001288105
Tropicos 5102583
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:135556-1
The Plant List tro-5102583
Open Tree Of Life 863234
NCBI Taxonomy 432464
IUCN Red List 152191
IPNI 135556-1
iNaturalist 440363
GBIF 7280480
EOL 5175928
USDA GRIN 24041
Wikipedia Melocactus_oreas

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