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Melocactus violaceus subsp. margaritaceus N.P. Taylor is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of an infraspecific taxon* of the species Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff. in the genus Melocactus (family Cactaceae).

* The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa

The record derives from Tropicos (data supplied on 2012-04-18 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 5108119) with original publication details: Bradleya 9: 57 1991.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:965483-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Melocactus pentacentrus Lem.	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

The species Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff. has a further 15 synonyms.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record tro-5108119.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed