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Melocactus oreas Miq. is an accepted name

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

The record derives from Tropicos (data supplied on 2012-04-18 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 5102583) with original publication details: Monogr. Melocacti 113 1840.

Synonyms:

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

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Melocactus oreas subsp. oreas	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus oreas var. rubrisaetosus (Buining, Brederoo & Theunissen) Rizzini	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus oreas subsp. rubrisaetosus (Buining, Brederoo & Theunissen) P.J. Braun	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus oreas var. submunitis Rizzini	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Melocactus rubrisaetosus Buining, Brederoo & Theunissen	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

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

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Melocactus oreas var. bahiensis (Britton & Rose) Rizzini	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1
Melocactus oreas subsp. cremnophilus (Buining & Brederoo) P.J. Braun	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18	1

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record tro-5102583.

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