Melocactus broadwayi

Melocactus broadwayi (Britton & Rose) Houghton 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 WINSL, SOUTHERNAMERICA, WINSV, TRTOO, CARIBBEAN, TRT, WINMA, WIN, WINGR, WINDO, WINBA; Windward Is. to Tobago.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 broadwayi (Britton & Rose) Houghton". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:135406-1 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Melocactus broadwayi". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/5384245 ↩