⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-5107988, and has not been changed.
This name is a synonym of Melocactus curvispinus f. lobelii .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 5107988
) with original publication details: Handb. Cacteenk. 263 263 1846.