⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2370346, with some changes.

Melocactus viridescens Nutt. ex Teschem. is an unresolved name

This name is unresolved, but some data suggest that it is synonymous with Ferocactus viridescens (Nutt. ex Torr. & A.Gray) Britton & Rose.

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which does not establish this name either as an accepted name or as a synonym with original publication details: J. Boston Soc. Nat. Hist. 5: 293 1845.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:135627-1.