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

Authors:

Britton, Nathaniel Lord
Rose, Joseph Nelson

Published In: The Cactaceae; descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family 3: 234–235. 1922. (12 Oct 1922) (Cactaceae)

Type-Protologue

Locality: Brazil: Bahia: collected near Machado Portella in 1915

Collector and Number: Rose & Russell 19935

Distribution: Brazil

Type Specimens

• HT: Rose & Russell 19935; ; Brazil: Bahia (US (photo, K))

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

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.

Combinations for this basionym:

Melocactus bahiensis (Britton & Rose) Luetzelb.

Melocactus oreas subsp. bahiensis (Britton & Rose) Rizzini

Melocactus oreas var. bahiensis (Britton & Rose) Rizzini

Keywords: JCS