| taxonID | 12294010 | 
| datasetID | 7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b | 
| parentNameUsageID | 5384242 | 
| acceptedNameUsageID | 5620880 | 
| scientificName | Melocactus macracanthos f. elegans Valck.Sur. | 
| scientificNameAuthorship | Valck.Sur. | 
| canonicalName | Melocactus macracanthos elegans | 
| genericName | Melocactus | 
| specificEpithet | macracanthos | 
| infraspecificEpithet | elegans | 
| taxonRank | form | 
| namePublishedIn | Valck. Sur. (n.d.). In: Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Ser. 3, 2: 191 (1885 Publ. 1886). | 
| taxonomicStatus | synonym | 
| kingdom | Plantae | 
| phylum | Tracheophyta | 
| class | Magnoliopsida | 
| order | Caryophyllales | 
| family | Cactaceae | 
| genus | Melocactus | 
| DataSource | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy 2023-08-28 |