⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.

This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record kew-2359998, with some changes.

Melocactus azureus Buining & Brederoo is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Melocactus (family Cactaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (in review) which reports it as an accepted name with original publication details: Kakteen And. Sukk. 22: 101 1971.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:310893-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Melocactus azureus var. krainzianus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J. Braun	Synonym		TRO
Melocactus krainzianus Buining & Brederoo	Synonym		TRO