Melocactus bahiensis

Melocactus bahiensis (Britton & Rose) Luetzelb. (1923)

🌵 Author(s)	Philipp von Lützelburg
🌵 Basionym	Cactus bahiensis (1922)
🌵 Basionym author(s)	Joseph Nelson Rose Nathaniel Lord Britton
🌵 Basionym published in	Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 3: 234 (1922)

Etymology

Bahia + Latin –ensis, geographical suffix. For the occurrence in Bahia, Brazil. Britton & Rose: “The plant was found only at a single locality in central Bahia [near Machado Portella], but it was there very common and will doubtless be obtained from other localities.”