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Melocactus pachyacanthus subs. viridis N.P.Taylor

Family: CACTACEAE · Variety or form of Melocactus pachyacanthus

Publication: Bradleya 9: 40, plate 16. 1991

Origin and Habitat

Bahia (Brazil, Southern America)

Bibliography

Major references and further lectures

  1. Stuart Max Walters “The European garden flora. 3.[Angiospermae], Dicotyledons. [Casuarinaceae to Aristolochiaceae]” Cambridge University Press, 1989

  2. Edward Anderson “The Cactus family” Timber Press, Incorporated, 2001

  3. David R Hunt; Nigel P Taylor; Graham Charles; International Cactaceae Systematics Group. “The New Cactus Lexicon” dh books, 2006

  4. Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton “Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names” Birkhäuser 2004

  5. Taylor, N. P. 1991. “The genus Melocactus (Cactaceae) in Central and South America.” Bradleya 9: 1–80.

  6. Nigel Taylor, Nigel P. Taylor, Daniela C. Zappi, “Cacti of Eastern Brazil” Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, 15/gen/2004

  7. Edgar Lamb, Brian Lamb “The Illustrated Reference on Cacti & Other Succulents” Volume 5 Blandford Press, 1978

  8. Braun, P., Machado, M., Taylor, N.P. & Zappi, D. 2013. Melocactus pachyacanthus. In: IUCN 2013. “IUCN Red List of Threatened Species.” Version 2013.1. <www.iucnredlist.org>. Downloaded on 14 November 2013.