Melocactus harlowii

Melocactus harlowii

Melocactus harlowii

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cereeae
Subtribus: Cereinae
Genus: Melocactus
Series: M. ser. Harlowi
Species: Melocactus harlowii

Name

Melocactus harlowii (Britton & Rose) Vaupel, Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 22: 66 (1912).

Note

The specific epithet harlowii honors the US naval officer and commander of the Guantánamo Naval Station Charles Henry Harlow.

Synonyms

• Cactus harlowii Britton & Rose in Torreya 12: 16. 1912 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Melocactus acunae subsp. lagunaensis Z.Mészáros in Acta Biol. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22: 138, f. 14. 1976 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus borhidii Z.Mészáros in Acta Biol. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22: 135. 1976 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Melocactus harlowii subsp. borhidii (Z.Mészáros) Kunte in Kaktusy (Brno) 49(Special 1): 27. 2013 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus evae Z.Mészáros in Acta Biol. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22(1–2): 135. 1976 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
• Melocactus harlowii subsp. evae (Z.Mészáros) Guiggi in Cactology 3 (Suppl. IV): 3. 2013 syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)
  • Melocactus acunae var. flavispinus Z.Mészáros in Acta Bot. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22: 138. 1977 ["1976"], nom. inval., syn. sec. Kew WCVP (2019)

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Caribbean Cuba References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Vaupel, F.K.J. 1912. Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde. Berlin 22: 66.

Additional references

• Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Melocactus harlowii in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Nov 30. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Melocactus harlowii in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 04. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Melocactus harlowii. Published online. Accessed: Apr 04 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Melocactus harlowii. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Apr 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Melocactus harlowii. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, 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. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Apr 04. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Melocactus harlowii in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

Vernacular names

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