The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-5101804, with some changes.

M Melocactus communis (Aiton) Link & Otto is a synonym of Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb.

This name is a synonym of Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb..

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 5101804) with original publication details: Verh. Vereins. Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 417, t. 11 417 1827.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:30028072-2.