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Genus: Melocactus Life
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> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Core Eudicots
> Order: Caryophyllales >
Familty: Cactaceae
Thirty-six species, native to Mexico, Central America,
northern South America and the West Indies. Seven species have been recorded as
being cultivated in southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Melocactus broadwayi
Native to the West Indies. |
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Melocactus curvispinus
Native to Mexico and Guatemala. |
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Melocactus ernestii
Native to Brazil. |
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Melocactus intortus
Native to the West Indies. |
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Melocactus levitestatus
Native to Brazil. |
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Melocactus matanzanus
Native to Cuba. |
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Melocactus violaceus
Native to Brazil. |
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