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Melocactus holguinensis Areces

Cactaceae · Cuba · listed by its genus as a cactus or succulent

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About the genus · Melocactus

Melocactus, also known as the Turk's head cactus, Turk's cap cactus, or Pope's head cactus, is a genus of cactus with about 30–40 species. They are native to the Caribbean, western Mexico through Central America to northern South America, with some species along the Andes down to southern Peru, and a concentration of species in northeastern Brazil.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Melocactus", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Grouped as a cactus or succulent, listed under the genus Melocactus in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “succulent subshrub”.

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.
How this section is made

Each card states this species' habitat figures with their sources, and what two fixed rules read from them; nothing here says what the plant does, wants or tolerates. The rules · the terms.

Group. Listed under the genus Melocactus in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “succulent subshrub”. A group is taken only where Kew's description of the species agrees with the table's listing. The table gives no figure and no prose; the cold floor is the habitat's alone.

Climate across the habitat

Not checked. GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so none is derived here. This is not a statement that no climate exists.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeCuba · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“succulent subshrub” · “seasonally dry tropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (6).

Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.

Other Melocactus 49 in the reference

Melocactus acunae Melocactus acunae Cactaceae Photo: CC BY, Dayron BretoMelocactus andinus Melocactus andinus Cactaceae Photo: CC BY, marthayolimapardodiazMelocactus azureus Melocactus azureus Turk's Cap Cactus Photo: CC BY-SA, Ericson Cernawsky IgualMelocactus bahiensis Melocactus bahiensis Cactaceae Photo: CC BY, Agente ItalloMelocactus bellavistensis Melocactus bellavistensis Cactaceae Photo: CC0, author not statedMelocactus braunii Melocactus braunii Cactaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, PierreBraun Melocactus brederooanus Cactaceae Melocactus broadwayi Melocactus broadwayi Turk's cap Photo: CC BY, Pål A. OlsvikMelocactus caroli-linnaei Melocactus caroli-linnaei Cactaceae Photo: CC BY, Judd PattersonMelocactus conoideus Melocactus conoideus Cone-like Turk's-head cactus Photo: CC BY, Anilton JuniorMelocactus curvispinus Melocactus curvispinus Cactaceae Photo: CC BY, Laura GaudetteMelocactus deinacanthus Melocactus deinacanthus Wonderful-bristle Turk's-head cactus Photo: CC BY, Süleyman Demir all 50 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Melocactus jakusii. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Cactaceae
Described by
Areces
Native to
Cuba
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Melocactus holguinensis Areces (plant_name_id 2370530), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 156815-2, POWO 156815-2
Wikipedia wikipedia nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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