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Taxonomy for Melocactus levitestatus, its infra species, and synonyms.

The following author and publication details are provided by the International Plant Names Index (IPNI). Further details on the various authors and publications are available on the IPNI website. To view a record on the IPNI website, click the "IPNI" link in brackets next to each taxa below.

Name - Author - Publication - Year

Melocactus levitestatus

Buining & Brederoo
Published: Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 45(6): 271 1973 [ IPNI ]

Melocactus levitestatus f. securituberculatus

(Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Published: in Schumannia 3: 188 (2001 publ. 2002) 2002 [ IPNI ]

Synonym Data

Melocactus diersianus

Buining & Brederoo
Published: in Kakt. And. Sukk., 26(8): 169 (1975). [ IPNI ]

Melocactus securituberculatus

Buining & Brederoo
Published: Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 48: 38, figs 1976 [ IPNI ]

Melocactus warasii

E.Pereira & Buenecker
Published: Bradea 2(30): 213, figs 1977 [ IPNI ]

Melocactus rubrispinus

F.Ritter
Published: Kakteen Südamerika 1: 135 (-136) 1979 [ IPNI ]

Melocactus uebelmannii

P.J.Braun
Published: in Kakt. And. Sukk., 36(11): 236 (1985) 1985 [ IPNI ]