Melocactus melocactus
(L.) H.Karst. (1882)
Etymology
🌵 Author(s) | Hermann Karsten |
🌵 Basionym | Cactus melocactus (1753) |
🌵 Basionym author(s) | Carl Linnaeus |
See Melocactus. Tautonyms (names in which the specific epithet is identical to the generic name) are invalid under article 23.4 of the International Code of Nomenclature. The correct name is Melocactus caroli-linnaei.
Maarten H.J. van der Meer (2023 Dec 06). Melocactus melocactus. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/melocactus-melocactus