Subordo
Cactineae
Bessey in C.K. Adams
pub. Johnson's Universal Cyclop. 8: 462. 15 Nov 1895.
Familia
Cactaceae
Juss.
pub. Gen. Pl.: 310. 4 Aug 1789. common name:
Cactus
Tribus
Melocacteae
Salm-Dyck
pub. Allg. Gartenzeitung 8: 58. 22 Feb 1840.
Named members of the Tribe Melocacteae
1
Genus
Melocactus
Link & Otto
pub. (1827)
Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with
The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.