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Melocactus macracanthos (Salm-Dyck) Link & Otto is an accepted name

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

The record derives from Tropicos (data supplied on 2012-04-18 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 5107997) with original publication details: Verh. Vereins. Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 418–419 1827.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:135530-1.

Synonyms:

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Cactus macracanthus Salm-Dyck	Unresolved		WCSP (in review)	2012-03-23
Melocactus barbarae Antesberger	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus bozsingianus Antesberger	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record tro-5107997.

• this name record has not changed
• names related to this name have changed