⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.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.
This name is a synonym of Melocactus intortus .
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
.