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  3. ›flowering plants
  4. ›Dicots
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  6. ›cacti
  7. ›globular cacti, moonlight cacti, torch cacti, and allies
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  9. ›Melocactus
Melocactus deinacanthus
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IUCN EN · Endangered

Melocactus deinacanthus

Melocactus deinacanthus, also known as the Wonderfully Bristled Turk's-Cap Cactus is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Brazil. Its natural habitat is rocky areas. It is threatened by habitat loss.

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 440350.