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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Melocactus amazonicus
n.n. (Catalogue name)
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Description
Melocactus amazonicusSN|20610]]SN|25643]] is a catalogue name used by the cactus-trader Karel Kníže to commercialize three Melocactus forms ( KK285, KK1086, KK1358) collected in the Peruvian province of Amazonas. It is a nomen nudum, a species never officially described. The only natural occourring species found in the Peruvian Amazons Melocactus bellavistensisSN|25643]]SN|20610]], so we may suppose that this plants corresponds to the latter mentioned species.