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M Melocactus curvispinus Pfeiff. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Melocactus (family Cactaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) (data supplied on ) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Enum. Diagn. Cact. 46 1837.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:305646-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied
Cactus maxonii Rose Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cactus oaxacensis Britton & Rose Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cactus ruestii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Cactus salvador (L.Murillo) Britton & Rose Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Melocactus crassicostatus Lem. Synonym M TRO
Melocactus curvispinus subsp. curvispinus Synonym L TRO
Melocactus delessertianus Lem. Synonym M TRO
Melocactus guatemalensis Gürke & Eichlam Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Melocactus guitartii León Synonym M TRO
Melocactus holguinensis Areces Synonym M TRO
Melocactus humilis Suringar Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Melocactus jakusii Mészáros, Zoltan Synonym M TRO
Melocactus loboguerreroi Cárdenas Synonym M TRO
Melocactus maxonii (Gürke) Gürke Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Melocactus maxonii var. sanctae-rosae L.D.Gómez Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Melocactus oaxacensis (Britton & Rose) Backeb. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Melocactus obtusipetalus Lem. Synonym M TRO
Melocactus obtusipetalus var. crassicostatus (Lem.) Lem. ex Miq. Synonym L TRO
Melocactus ruestii K.Schum. Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Melocactus ruestii subsp. cintalapensis Elizondo Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Melocactus ruestii subsp. maxonii (Rose) Elizondo Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Melocactus ruestii subsp. oaxacensis (Britton & Rose) Elizondo Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Melocactus ruestii subsp. sanctae-rosae (L.D.Gómez) Elizondo Synonym L WCSP (in review)
Melocactus rustii K.Schum. [Spelling variant] Synonym M WCSP (in review)
Melocactus salvador L.Murillo Synonym M WCSP (in review)

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Synonyms
Melocactus curvispinus subsp. caesius (H.L.Wendl.) N.P.Taylor Accepted L WCSP (in review) 3
Melocactus curvispinus subsp. dawsonii (Bravo) N.P. Taylor Accepted L TRO 1
Melocactus curvispinus f. lobelii (J.V. Suringar) N.P. Taylor Accepted L TRO 4

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Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-2360018.

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