⚠ Version 1 of The Plant List has been superseded.
This name is in version 1.1 of The Plant List, record tro-5107972, with some changes.
This name is a synonym of Melocactus curvispinus subsp. curvispinus .
The record derives from Tropicos which reports it as a synonym (record 5107972
) with original publication details: Hort. Universel 1: 225-226 225 1839.