| taxonID | 5621432 |
| datasetID | 7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b |
| parentNameUsageID | 5384242 |
| acceptedNameUsageID | 5620880 |
| scientificName | Melocactus ferox Valck.Sur. |
| scientificNameAuthorship | Valck.Sur. |
| canonicalName | Melocactus ferox |
| genericName | Melocactus |
| specificEpithet | ferox |
| taxonRank | species |
| namePublishedIn | Valck. Sur. (n.d.). In: Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Ser. 3, 2: 185 (1885 Publ. 1886), Nom. Illeg. |
| taxonomicStatus | synonym |
| kingdom | Plantae |
| phylum | Tracheophyta |
| class | Magnoliopsida |
| order | Caryophyllales |
| family | Cactaceae |
| genus | Melocactus |
| DataSource | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy 2023-08-28 |