Melocactus pachyacanthus subs. viridis

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Melocactus pachyacanthus subs. viridis N.P.Taylor
Bradleya 9: 40, plate 16. 1991
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Melocactus pachyacanthus Buining & Bredero
Kakteen Sukk. 27(1): 1 (1976 publ. 1975)

Origin and Habitat: Bahia (Brazil, Southern America)

Synonyms:

Melocactus pachyacanthus subs. viridis N.P.Taylor

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Melocactus pachyacanthus Buining & Bredero
Kakteen Sukk. 27(1): 1 (1976 publ. 1975)
Synonymy: 2

Melocactus pachyacanthus Buining & Bredero
Melocactus pachyacanthus subs. viridis N.P.Taylor

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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Melocactus pachyacanthus group

Melocactus pachyacanthus Buining & Bredero: (subsp. pachyacanthus) has globose to elongate stems that are often strongly glaucous, especially when
young. Distribution: northern Bahia at elevations below 700 m asl.
Melocactus pachyacanthus subs. viridis N.P.Taylor: has depressed globose stems that are almost always not glaucous. Distribution: northern central Bahia above 700 m asl.

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
10) Stuart Max Walters “The European garden flora. 3.[Angiospermae], Dicotyledons. [Casuarinaceae to Aristolochiaceae]” Cambridge University Press, 1989
11) Edward Anderson “The Cactus family” Timber Press, Incorporated, 2001
12) David R Hunt; Nigel P Taylor; Graham Charles; International Cactaceae Systematics Group. "The New Cactus Lexicon" dh books, 2006
13) Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton "Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names" Birkhäuser 2004
14) Taylor, N. P. 1991. "The genus Melocactus (Cactaceae) in Central and South America." Bradleya 9: 1–80.
15) Nigel Taylor, Nigel P. Taylor, Daniela C. Zappi, “Cacti of Eastern Brazil” Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 15/gen/2004
16) Edgar Lamb, Brian Lamb “The Illustrated Reference on Cacti & Other Succulents” Volume 5 Blandford Press, 1978
17) Braun, P., Machado, M., Taylor, N.P. & Zappi, D. 2013. Melocactus pachyacanthus. In: IUCN 2013. "IUCN Red List of Threatened Species." Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 November 2013.

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