Melocactus praerupticola
Melocactus praerupticola
Melocactus praerupticola Areces 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, DOMOO, PUE_OO, CARIBBEAN, PUE, DOM; Dominican Rep. (La Vega), Puerto Rico.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
- Plants of the World Online. "Melocactus praerupticola Areces". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319344-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Melocactus praerupticola". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5620462 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
Dominican Rep. (La Vega), Puerto Rico
Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHERN_AMERICA, DOM_OO, PUE_OO, CARIBBEAN, PUE, DOM; Dominican Rep. (La Vega), Puerto Rico.