⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2370342, with some changes.

Melocactus violaceus Pfeiff. 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: Allg. Gartenzeitung 3: 313 1835.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:303762-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Cactus melocactoides Hoffmanns.	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)
Cactus meonacanthus Lem. ex Steud.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Cereus meonacanthus Link & Otto ex Steud.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Echinocactus melocactoides Lem.	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Echinocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto	Synonym		WCSP (in review)
Melocactus depressus Hook.	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus melocactoides (Hoffmanns.) DC.	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus melocactoides f. capensis Rizzini	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus melocactoides f. civitatis Rizzini	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus melocactoides var. depressus (Hook.) Rizzini	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus melocactoides f. depressus (Hook.) Rizzini	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus melocactoides f. exsanguis Rizzini	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus melocactoides var. itaipuassuensis Rizzini	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus melocactoides var. natalensis Rizzini	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus melocactoides f. perspinosus Rizzini	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus melocactoides f. sanctaritae Rizzini	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus melocactoides var. violaceus (Pfeiff.) Rizzini	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus meonacanthus Link & Otto	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)