⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2689632, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Melocactus zehntneri .
The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as a synonym with original publication details: Cact. 3: 236 1922.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:39952-2
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