taxonID	5620245
datasetID	7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b
parentNameUsageID	5384242
originalNameUsageID	7864676
scientificName	Melocactus smithii (Alexander) Buining ex G.D.Rowley
scientificNameAuthorship	(Alexander) Buining ex G.D.Rowley
canonicalName	Melocactus smithii
genericName	Melocactus
specificEpithet	smithii
taxonRank	species
namePublishedIn	Buining. (n.d.). In: Repert. Pl. Succ. (I. O. S.) 25: 11 (1974 Publ. 1976).
taxonomicStatus	accepted
kingdom	Plantae
phylum	Tracheophyta
class	Magnoliopsida
order	Caryophyllales
family	Cactaceae
genus	Melocactus
DataSource	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy   2023-08-28