Cactaceae
Melocactus

Melocactus ernestii Vaupel

First published in Monatsschr. Kakteenk. 30: 8 (1920)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is E. Brazil. It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Brazil Northeast, Brazil Southeast

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Anceschi, G. & Magli, A. (2021). Cactusinhabitat Booklet South America 2013/2021: 1-134. http://www.cactusinhabitat.org.
  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Anceschi, G. & Magli, A. (2021). Cactusinhabitat Booklet South America 2013/2021: 1-134. http://www.cactusinhabitat.org.
  • Forzza, R.C., Zappi, D. & Souza, V.C. (2016-continuously updated). Flora do Brasil 2020 em construção http://reflora.jbrj.gov.br/reflora/listaBrasil/ConsultaPublicaUC/ResultadoDaConsultaNovaConsulta.do.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jan 1, 1993 Horst, L.; Uebelmann [435] Brazil K000013219 Isotype Yes
Horst, K.I.; Uebelmann [HU745] Brazil K000013220 No
Harley, R.M.; Taylor, N.; Zappi, D.C. [27388] Brazil K000013165 Yes
Queiroz, L.P.; Sena, T.S.N. [3193] Brazil K000013164 Yes
Horst, K.I.; Uebelmann [HU220] Brazil K000013218 No
Horst, K.I.; Uebelmann [HU736] Brazil K000013167 Yes
Harley, R.M.; Taylor, N.; Zappi, D.C. [27394] Brazil K000013217 No
Harley, R.M.; Taylor, N.; Zappi, D.C. [25594] Brazil K000013254 No
Harley, R.M.; Taylor, N.; Zappi, D.C. [27388] Brazil K000013166 Yes
Taylor, N.; Zappi, D.C. [1624] Brazil K000013168 Yes
Harley, R.M. [27388] Brazil Melocactus oreas subsp. ernestii K:SPC-55246.000 No
Harley, R.M. [25594] Brazil Melocactus oreas subsp. ernestii K:SPC-55249.000 No
Harley, R.M. [27394] Brazil Melocactus oreas subsp. ernestii K:SPC-55244.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images