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Lemaire's Turk's Cap Cactus
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IUCN NT · Near threatened

Lemaire's Turk's Cap Cactus

Melocactus lemairei

Melocactus lemairei is a species of cactus endemic to the Caribbean island of Hispaniola (split between the Dominican Republic and Haiti). It is named after French botanist and cactus expert Charles Antoine Lemaire.

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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 440358.