Taxonavigation

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Melocactus
Species: Melocactus curvispinus
Subspecies: M. c. subsp. caesius – M. c. subsp. cucutensis – M. c. subsp. curvispinus – M. c. subsp. dawsonii – M. c. subsp. koolwijkianus – M. c. subsp. lobelii – M. c. subsp. loboguerreroi – M. c. subsp. obtusipetalus – M. c. subsp. saravianus

Name

Melocactus curvispinus Pfeiff., Enum. Diagn. Cact.: 46. 1837.

References

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. 2012. Cactaceae. In Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 192–202. BHL Reference page. 

• International Plant Names Index. 2018. Melocactus curvispinus. Published online. Accessed 14 April 2018.

• GBIF

• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melocactus curvispinus in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed on 2018-04-14.

• Hassler, M. 2018. Melocactus curvispinus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World (2019). In: Roskov Y., Abucay L., Orrell T., Nicolson D., Bailly N., Kirk P., Bourgoin T., DeWalt R.E., Decock W., De Wever A., Nieukerken E. van, Zarucchi, J., Penev L., eds. 2018. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2018 June 22.

• Tropicos.org 2018. Melocactus curvispinus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on the internet. Accessed: 14 April 2018.

• Tropicos.org: Flora Mesoamericana: Melocactus curvispinus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published on internet. Accessed: 14 April 2018.

• Melocactus curvispinus in Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R. & Celis, M. (eds.). 2015. Catálogo de plantas y líquenes de Colombia. Instituto de Ciencias Naturales, Universidad Nacional de Colombia, Bogotá. Accessed: 14 April 2018.

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