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⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.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-5107923, with some changes.

M Melocactus giganteus Buining & Brederoo is a synonym of Melocactus zehntneri (Britton & Rose) Luetzelb.

This name is a synonym of Melocactus zehntneri (Britton & Rose) Luetzelb..

The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 5107923) with original publication details: Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 45: 227 227 1973.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:156800-2.