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Melocactus macracanthos kaynak görseli

ABC Turk's Cap Cactus

Melocactus macracanthos

Melocactus macracanthos (Salm-Dyck) Link & Otto is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Melocactus.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHERNAMERICA, NLABO, CARIBBEAN, ARU, ARUOO, NLA, NLACU; Aruba to Netherlands Antilles.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, seasonally dry tropical.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Melocactus macracanthos (Salm-Dyck) Link & Otto". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:135530-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Melocactus macracanthos". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5620880 ↩
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Native Habitat

Aruba to Netherlands Antilles

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHERN_AMERICA, NLA_BO, CARIBBEAN, ARU, ARU_OO, NLA, NLA_CU; Aruba to Netherlands Antilles.