⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2370572, with some changes.

Melocactus ernestii Vaupel 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) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 30: 8 1920.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:280752-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Melocactus azulensis Buining, Brederoo & Theunissen	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus erythracanthus Buining & Brederoo	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus interpositus F. Ritter	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus longispinus Buining, Brederoo & Theunissen	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus nitidus F. Ritter	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus oreas f. azulensis (Buining, Brederoo & Theunissen) P.J. Braun	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus oreas subsp. ernestii (Vaupel) P.J. Braun	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus oreas f. erythracanthus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J. Braun	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus oreas var. longispinus (Buining, Brederoo & Theunissen) P.J. Braun	Synonym		TRO