⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-5108001, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Melocactus harlowii .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 5108001
) with original publication details: Acta Biol. Acad. Sci. Hung. 22: 138, f. 14 138 1976.