⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-5107997, with some changes.

Melocactus macracanthos (Salm-Dyck) Link & Otto 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 5107997) with original publication details: Verh. Vereins. Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 418-419 418 1827.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:135530-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cactus macracanthus Salm-Dyck	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)
Melocactus barbarae Antesberger	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus bozsingianus Antesberger	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus citrispinus Antesberger	Synonym		TRO