Melocactus peruvianus

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Internal ID UUID64405a999bd42552596087
Scientific name Melocactus peruvianus
Authority Vaupel
First published in in Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50(2-3, Beibl. 111): 28. 1913.

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Melocactus townsendianus Backeb. Neue Kakteen: 44. 1931.
Cactus jansenianus (Backeb.) Borg Cacti: 279. 1937.
Cactus townsendii Britton & Rose Cactaceae 3: 234. 1922.
Melocactus peruvianus var. amstutziae (Rauh & Backeb.) Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 531. 1958.
Melocactus peruvianus var. lurinensis Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 533. 1958.
Melocactus peruvianus var. canetensis Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 533. 1958.
Melocactus jansenianus Backeb. in Blätt. Kakteenf. 1935(2): 2. 1935.
Melocactus fortalezensis Rauh & Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 36. 1957.
Melocactus trujillensis Rauh & Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 36. 1957.
Melocactus trujillensis var. schoenii Rauh & Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 36. 1957.
Melocactus huallancensis Rauh & Backeb. in Sitzungsber. Heidelberger Akad. Wiss., Math.-Naturwiss. Kl.: 538. 1958.
Melocactus unguispinus Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 36. 1957.
Melocactus amstutziae Rauh & Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 36. 1957.
Melocactus trujilloensis Rauh & Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 36. 1957.
Melocactus trujilloensis var. schoenii Rauh & Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 1: 36. 1957.

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Language Common/alternative name
English cactus townsendii
Bulgarian перуански мелокактус
Russian Мелокактус перуанский
Chinese 华云

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0001287470
Tropicos 5101258
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:156879-2
The Plant List tro-5101258
Open Tree Of Life 5761394
NCBI Taxonomy 2923415
IUCN Red List 152665
IPNI 156879-2
iNaturalist 440366
GBIF 7280440
EOL 44032668
USDA GRIN 310456

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