⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-5107661, and has not been changed.
This name is a synonym of Melocactus oreas subsp. cremnophilus .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 5107661
) with original publication details: Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 44: 3 3 1972.
Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:280746-2
.