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Issue: Vol. 496 No. 1: 9 April 2021
Type: Correspondence
Published: 2021-04-09
DOI: 10.11646/phytotaxa.496.1.7
Page range: 97–100
Abstract views: 17
PDF downloaded: 1

Nomenclatural remarks in the genus Melocactus (Cactaceae, Cereeae) from NE Brazil 

Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), Università di Genova (Italy). Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy.
Dipartimento di Scienze della Terra, dell’Ambiente e della Vita (DISTAV), Università di Genova (Italy). Corso Europa 26, 16132 Genova, Italy.
Cactaceae Eudicots

Abstract

As part of the ongoing study on Brazilian Cacti (see e.g., Guiggi 2020a, 2020b), we here present a note about two taxa belonging to the genus  Melocactus Link & Otto (1827: 417), i.e. Melocactus pachycephalus N.P.Taylor (in Taylor & Zappi 2020: 256) and M. alex-bragae P.J.Braun & Esteves (2008: 252).