Group: Dicot Rank: species Herbarium Placement: Monsanto, 2nd, B, 210

Authors:

Rauh, Werner
Backeberg, Curt

Published In: Descriptiones Cactacearum Novarum 36. 1956[1957]. (Descr. Cact. Nov.)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Peru. Amazonas?

Collector and Number: Rauh K137, K79a

Institution(s): LT: ZSS

Note: Lectotype: Rauh K137 (ZSS TP 15-145). Designated by N.P. Taylor. Bradleya 9: 66. 1991.

Type Specimens

• LT: Rauh K137; ; Peru: Amazonas (?) (ZSS-TP-15-145) LT designated by N.P. Taylor, Bradleya 9: 66 (1991)

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Catalogue of New World Grasses Ecuador Catalogue Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Moss Flora of China Peru Checklist System    details

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Caryophyllanae Takht.
• order:  !Caryophyllales Juss. ex Bercht. & J. Presl
• family:  Cactaceae Juss.
• genus:  !Melocactus Link & Otto

Conservation Status:

• CITES Appendix II - Trade controlled to avoid use incompatible with species survival - Global
  • Reference UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.
  • Conservation System UNEP WCMC. 2003. Checkl. CITES Sp. 1–339. UNEP World Conservation Monitoring Centre, Cambridge.

Projects: Ecuador , Peru

Keywords: CEC, CFP