Common name
Portuguese: Coroa-de-frade
Classification
Kingdom: Plantae (2715)
Phylum: Tracheophyta (2630)
Class: Magnoliopsida (2217)
Order: Caryophyllales (114)
Family: Cactaceae (20)(family description)
Genus: Melocactus (1)
Epithet: zehntneri (Britton & Rose) Luetzelb. (1)
zehntneri => in honor of Leo Zehntner (1864–1961), Swiss entomologist and botanist
Characteristics
Climate: tropical
Habit: herb
Flower colour: violet
External links
Check for Melocactus zehntneri at
World Flora Online, GBIF or IPNI- [159] Cactaceae - Flora of North America - www.efloras.org