Cactaceae
Dwarf turk's cap cactus
Melocactus matanzanus
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Melocactus
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Common names
By language (4)
- Chinese
- 朱云, 魔云
- English
- Dwarf turk's cap cactus
- German
- Kubanischer Melonenkaktus
- Spanish
- Erizo
Synonyms
- Cactus matanzanus (León) Borg
- Melocactus actinacanthus Areces
- Melocactus matanzanus subsp. actinacanthus (Areces) Guiggi
Photos
Photo: amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0, from iNaturalist 
Photo: Stan Shebs, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Norbert Nagel, Mörfelden-Walldorf, Germany, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Hectonichus, CC BY-SA 3.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: Photograph by Mike Peel, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: CactiLegacy, CC BY-SA 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons 
Photo: amantedarmanin, CC BY 4.0, from Wikimedia Commons
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Sources: classification, synonyms from World Flora Online Plant List (2026-06, CC0 1.0); common names, popularity from Wikidata (2026-10-26, CC0 1.0). About our plant data.