taxonID	5621991
datasetID	7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b
parentNameUsageID	5384242
acceptedNameUsageID	5620880
scientificName	Melocactus approximatus Valck.Sur.
scientificNameAuthorship	Valck.Sur.
canonicalName	Melocactus approximatus
genericName	Melocactus
specificEpithet	approximatus
taxonRank	species
namePublishedIn	Valck. Sur. (n.d.). In: Verslagen Meded. Afd. Natuurk. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Ser. 3, 2: 189 (1885 Publ. 1886).
taxonomicStatus	synonym
kingdom	Plantae
phylum	Tracheophyta
class	Magnoliopsida
order	Caryophyllales
family	Cactaceae
genus	Melocactus
DataSource	GBIF Backbone Taxonomy   2023-08-28