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Floristic Inventory of the Bahama Archipelago Database Online

Melocactus intortus (Miller) Urb.
Turk’s-cap

Melocactus intortus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, southwestern Puerto Rico, 2009

Family: Cactaceae

Group: Dicot

Perennation: Perennial

Habit: Shrub

Substrate: Terrestrial

Native Status: Native

Preliminary IRC Status: Rare

Native Range: Endemic to the West Indies (Bahamas, Puerto Rico, Virgin Islands, Lesser Antilles).

Map of Locations [currently Florida only]

Synonyms: Cactus intortus.

Other data on Melocactus intortus available from :

Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants
Melocactus intortus has been reported for the following habitat in Bahama Archipelago :
Coppice

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Melocactus intortus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, southwestern Puerto Rico, 2009
Melocactus intortus
Copyright by: George D. Gann
in habitat, southwestern Puerto Rico, 2009