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Endangered

CITES App. II

Primary

Melocactus melocactoides

Prodr. [A. P. de Candolle] 3: 461. 1828 [mid Mar 1828]

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Species

Melocactus melocactoides

Author

(Hoffmanns.) DC.

Chinese genus

花座球属

Chinese name

-

Accepted

Melocactus violaceus

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