Melocactus azureus: taxon details and analytics
- Domain
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Phylum
- Tracheophyta
- Class
- Magnoliopsida
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Melocactus
- Species
- Melocactus azureus
- Scientific Name
- Melocactus azureus
Summary description from Wikipedia:
Melocactus azureus
Melocactus azureus is a species of cactus. It is endemic to Brazil, where it is known only from Bahia. It is locally abundant but the populations are fragmented and vulnerable to habitat degradation.
...Melocactus azureus in languages:
- English
- Turk's Cap Cactus
- Portuguese
- Coroa-de-frade-azul
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Parent Taxon
Sibling Taxa
- Melocactus andinus
- Melocactus azureus
- Melocactus bahiensis
- Melocactus bellavistensis
- Melocactus braunii
- Melocactus brederooianus
- Melocactus broadwayi
- Melocactus caroli-linnaei
- Melocactus concinnus
- Melocactus conoideus
- Melocactus curvispinus
- Melocactus deinacanthus
- Melocactus ernestii
- Melocactus estevesii
- Melocactus ferreophilus
- Melocactus glaucescens
- Melocactus harlowii
- Melocactus inconcinnus
- Melocactus intortus
- Melocactus lanssensianus
- Melocactus lemairei
- Melocactus levitestatus
- Melocactus macracanthos
- Melocactus matanzanus
- Melocactus mazelianus
- Melocactus neoviridescens
- Melocactus neryi
- Melocactus oreas
- Melocactus pachyacanthus
- Melocactus paucispinus
- Melocactus peruvianus
- Melocactus salvadorensis
- Melocactus schatzlii
- Melocactus sergipensis
- Melocactus smithii
- Melocactus stramineus
- Melocactus violaceus
- Melocactus zehntneri