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Turk's Cap Cactuses

Turk's Cap Cactuses

Melocactus montevidensis

Melocactus montevidensis J.F.Cels 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 URU, URUOO, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, SOUTHERNAMERICA; Uruguay.1

POWO records the plant context as Unknown, Unknown.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 montevidensis J.F.Cels". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77329360-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Melocactus montevidensis". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384242 ↩
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Uruguay

Automatically collected source range/note: URU, URU_OO, SOUTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, SOUTHERN_AMERICA; Uruguay.