- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77115042-1
- Species Name
- Melocactus macracanthos (Salm-Dyck) Link & Otto, Verh. Vereins Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten 3: 418 (t. 12) (1827).
- Publication
- Cactology. New Bulletin for Cactus Research. Castellanza
- Collation
- 2: 35
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Cactaceae