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This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-5101258, and has not been changed.

Melocactus peruvianus Vaupel is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Melocactus (family Cactaceae).

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as an accepted name (record 5101258) with original publication details: Bot. Jahrb. Syst. 50: (2-3, Beibl. 111): 28 1913.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:156879-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cactus jansenianus (Backeb.) Borg	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)
Melocactus amstutziae Rauh & Backeb.	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus fortalezensis Rauh & Backeb.	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus huallancensis Rauh & Backeb.	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus jansenianus (Borg) Backeb.	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus peruvianus var. amstutziae (Rauh & Backeb.) Rauh & Backeb.	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus peruvianus var. canetensis Rauh & Backeb.	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus peruvianus var. lurinensis Rauh & Backeb.	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus trujillensis Rauh & Backeb.	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus trujillensis var. schoenii Rauh & Backeb.	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus unguispinus Backeb.	Synonym		TRO