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Dwarf Turk's Cap Cactus

Melocactus matanzanus

Melocactus matanzanus León 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, CARIBBEAN, CUB, CUBOO; Cuba.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 matanzanus León". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:156850-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Melocactus matanzanus". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7280560 ↩
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Cuba

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHERN_AMERICA, CARIBBEAN, CUB, CUB_OO; Cuba.