PLANTS Profile for Melocactus intortus (Turk's cap)

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PLANTS Profile

Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb.
Turk's cap

Symbol:

MEIN7

Group:

Dicot

Family:

Cactaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Subshrub
Shrub

PR		N
VI		N

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Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb.

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Synonyms:
Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb.

CAIN36

Cactus intortus Mill.

Distribution:
Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb.


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USA+ (PR, VI)

Related Taxa:
Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb.

View 51 genera in Cactaceae, 1 species in Melocactus

Classification:
Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb.

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Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Magnoliopsida – Dicotyledons
Subclass	Caryophyllidae
Order	Caryophyllales
Family	Cactaceae – Cactus family
Genus	Melocactus Link & Otto – melocactus
Species	Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb. – Turk's cap

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Melocactus intortus (Mill.) Urb.

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 19868.

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