| taxonID | 5621995 | 
| datasetID | 7ddf754f-d193-4cc9-b351-99906754a03b | 
| parentNameUsageID | 7280901 | 
| acceptedNameUsageID | 5621643 | 
| scientificName | Melocactus appropinquatus Valck.Sur. | 
| scientificNameAuthorship | Valck.Sur. | 
| canonicalName | Melocactus appropinquatus | 
| genericName | Melocactus | 
| specificEpithet | appropinquatus | 
| taxonRank | species | 
| namePublishedIn | Valck. Sur. (1901). In: Verh. Kon. Akad. Wetensch., Afd. Natuurk., Sect. 2 8(1): 20. | 
| taxonomicStatus | synonym | 
| kingdom | Plantae | 
| phylum | Tracheophyta | 
| class | Magnoliopsida | 
| order | Caryophyllales | 
| family | Cactaceae | 
| genus | Melocactus | 
| DataSource | GBIF Backbone Taxonomy 2023-08-28 |