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Accession Data:

Melocactus lemairei (Monv. ex Lem.) Miq. ex Lem.

  • Common Name: Turk's Cap Cactus
  • Family: Cactaceae Juss.

  • Country of Origin: Dominican Republic
  • Habitat: dry, rocky areas

Accession Data:

  • Accession # 201200067
  • Source: Chad Husby / FTBG
  • Provenance:
    Locality: DOMINICAN REPUBLIC, PEDERNALES, Southeast of Pedernales, along Route 44, north of Parque Nacional Jaragua, 50m off roadside.  
    
    Lat: 18.01289N
    Lon: -71.69514 W
    Elev: 5-10m
    Habitat: Dry thorn scrub, cattle present.
    FTBG Acc#2012-2038
    B. Jestrow 2012-300 23JUL2012
    T. Clase, C. Husby, J. Lopez
    
  • Accession Date: 12-17-2012
  • Bench: 2213 - XER:Sonoran-Baja Deserts
    • Currently: active - healthy
    • Qty: 2 confirmed on 04-13-2022

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Magnoliopsida
  • SubClass: core eudicots
  • Order: Caryophyllales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Cactaceae
  • SubFamily: Cactoideae
  • Tribe: Cereeae
  • SubTribe: Cereinae

Flowering Data:

This accession has been observed in bloom on:
YearJanFebMarAprMayJunJulAugSepOctNovDec
2023
2022
2021

References (internal):

  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Dominican Republic / Haiti

References (external):

  1. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 09, 2016.
  2. Melocactus lemairei at IUCN RedList. Last accessed on Tuesday, August 09, 2016.

data regenerated on Tue, 28 Mar 2023 11:04:15 -0400 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Cactaceae

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cacteae

  • Ariocarpus fissuratus
  • Astrophytum myriostigma
  • Astrophytum ornatum W/C
  • Coryphantha cornifera W/C
  • Coryphantha difficilis
  • Coryphantha maiz-tablasensis W/C
  • Echinocactus grusonii
  • Echinocactus texensis W/C
  • Epithelantha micromeris W/C
  • Ferocactus cylindraceus
  • Ferocactus echidne W/C
  • Ferocactus glaucescens W/C
  • Ferocactus glaucescens
  • Ferocactus pilosus
  • Leuchtenbergia principis
  • Mammillaria bocasana
  • Mammillaria bombycina
  • Mammillaria compressa
  • Mammillaria compressa
  • Mammillaria glochidiata W/C
  • Mammillaria gracilis ssp. minima
  • Mammillaria gracilis ssp. minima
  • Mammillaria hertrichiana W/C
  • Mammillaria hertrichiana W/C
  • Mammillaria magnimamma
  • Mammillaria mystax
  • Mammillaria parkinsonii W/C
  • Mammillaria petterssonii W/C
  • Mammillaria plumosa
  • Mammillaria scheideana W/C
  • Mammillaria uncinata W/C
  • Mammilloydia candida W/C
  • Ortegocactus macdougallii
  • Pediocactus knowltonii W/C
  • Sclerocactus parviflorus W/C
  • Stenocactus coptonogonus
  • Stenocactus crispatus W/C
  • Thelocactus rinconensis W/C
  • Turbinicarpus jauernigii

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Cereeae

  • Cereinae: Cereus forbesii
  • Cereinae: Cereus hildmannianus W/C
  • Cereinae: Cereus repandus
  • Cereinae: Cereus repandus var. monstrosus
  • Cereinae: Cipocereus bradei
  • Cereinae: Disocactus flagelliformis
  • Cereinae: Melocactus azureus
  • Cereinae: Melocactus cf. disciformis
  • Cereinae: Melocactus ernestii
  • Cereinae: Melocactus intortus W/C
  • Cereinae: Melocactus lemairei W/C
  • Cereinae: Melocactus matanzanus
  • Cereinae: Pilosocereus magnificus
  • Cereinae: Pilosocereus pachycladus W/C
  • Cereinae: Pilosocereus polygonus W/C
  • Cereinae: Pilosocereus purpusii
  • Cereinae: Pilosocereus sp.
  • Rebutiinae: Browningia hertlingianus
  • Rebutiinae: Gymnocalycium capillaense W/C
  • Rebutiinae: Gymnocalycium gibbosum W/C
  • Rebutiinae: Gymnocalycium pflanzii W/C
  • Rebutiinae: Rebutia spegazziniana var. atrovividus
  • Rebutiinae: Uebelmannia pectinifera
  • Trichocereinae: Acanthocalycium klimpelianum W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Acanthocalycium klimpelianum W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Cleistocactus baumannii ssp. santacruzensis
  • Trichocereinae: Cleistocactus fieldianus W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Cleistocactus strausii
  • Trichocereinae: Discocactus placentiformis
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis ancistrophora
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis ancistrophora ssp. arachnacantha
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis atacamensis W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis aurea
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis aurea W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis aurea W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis calochlora
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis camarguensis
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis eyriesii
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis subdenudata
  • Trichocereinae: Echinopsis thionanthum W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Espostoa ritteri W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Espostoa senilis
  • Trichocereinae: Haageocereus chryseus W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Haageocereus salmonoides
  • Trichocereinae: Harrisia regelii W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Harrisia taetra W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Lobivia pygmaea
  • Trichocereinae: Matucana calliantha
  • Trichocereinae: Matucana madisoniorum
  • Trichocereinae: Oreocereus celsianus W/C
  • Trichocereinae: Oreocereus cf. celsianus
  • Trichocereinae: Weberbauerocereus rauhii W/C

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Copiapoinae

  • Copiapoa cinerea W/C
  • Copiapoa cinerea var. haseltoniana
  • Copiapoa coquimbana W/C
  • Copiapoa echinoides
  • Copiapoa echinoides W/C
  • Copiapoa humilis
  • Copiapoa hypogaea
  • Copiapoa hypogaea W/C
  • Copiapoa laui W/C
  • Copiapoa montana
  • Copiapoa montana W/C
  • Copiapoa unidentified
  • Frailea cf. pygmaea

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Hylocereeae

  • Heliocereus speciosus

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Notocacteae

  • Neoporteriinae: Austrocactus spiniflorus
  • Neoporteriinae: Eriosyce napina W/C
  • Neoporteriinae: Eriosyce subgibbosa W/C
  • Neoporteriinae: Eriosyce tenebrica W/C
  • Neoporteriinae: Eriosyce villosa W/C
  • Neoporteriinae: Eulychnia breviflora
  • Neoporteriinae: Eulychnia breviflora
  • Neoporteriinae: Eulychnia saint-pieana
  • Notocactinae: Parodia comarapana
  • Notocactinae: Parodia formose var. prolifera
  • Notocactinae: Parodia haselbergii ssp. haselbergii
  • Notocactinae: Parodia leninghausii
  • Notocactinae: Parodia magnifica
  • Notocactinae: Parodia ottonis

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Phyllocacteae

  • Corryocactinae: Neoraimondia arequipensis W/C
  • Echinocereinae: Acanthocereus tetragonus
  • Echinocereinae: Carnegiea gigantea W/C
  • Echinocereinae: Carnegiea gigantea
  • Echinocereinae: Cephalocereus euphorbioides
  • Echinocereinae: Cephalocereus quadricentralis W/C
  • Echinocereinae: Cephalocereus senilis
  • Echinocereinae: Echinocereus cinerascens W/C
  • Echinocereinae: Echinocereus nivosus
  • Echinocereinae: Echinocereus pentalophus
  • Echinocereinae: Echinocereus scheeri ssp. scheeri W/C
  • Echinocereinae: Echinocereus subinermis
  • Echinocereinae: Echinocereus subinermis ssp. ochoterenae
  • Echinocereinae: Escontria chiotilla
  • Echinocereinae: Lophocereus sp.
  • Echinocereinae: Lophocereus schottii
  • Echinocereinae: Stenocereus humilis
  • Echinocereinae: Stenocereus stellatus
  • Hylocereinae: Epiphyllum hookeri subsp. guatemalense
  • Hylocereinae: Epiphyllum oxypetalum
  • Hylocereinae: Epiphyllum phyllanthus W/C
  • Hylocereinae: Hylocereus costaricensis
  • Hylocereinae: Pseudorhipsalis micrantha
  • Hylocereinae: Selenicereus anthonyanus
  • Hylocereinae: Selenicereus chrysocardium
  • Hylocereinae: Selenicereus grandiflorus
  • Hylocereinae: Selenicereus wittii W/C

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Rhipsalideae

  • Hatiora cylindrica
  • Hatiora gaertneri
  • Hatiora herminiae W/C
  • Hatiora salicornioides
  • Lepismium cf houlletianum
  • Lepismium cruciforme
  • Lepismium warmingianum
  • Rhipsalis baccifera ssp. horrida
  • Rhipsalis burchellii
  • Rhipsalis cereuscula
  • Rhipsalis cf rhombea
  • Rhipsalis elliptica
  • Rhipsalis juengeri
  • Rhipsalis lorentziana W/C
  • Rhipsalis mesembryanthemoides
  • Rhipsalis oblonga
  • Rhipsalis pachyptera
  • Rhipsalis paradoxa
  • Rhipsalis pentaptera
  • Rhipsalis pilocarpa
  • Rhipsalis teres

Subfamily Cactoideae
Tribe Trichocereeae

  • Weingartia frey-juckeri
  • Yungasocereus inquisivensis

Subfamily Maihuenioideae

  • Maihuenia patagonica W/C

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Austrocylindropuntieae

  • Austrocylindropuntia cylindrica
  • Austrocylindropuntia vestita
  • Cumulopuntia sphaerica

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Cylindropuntieae

  • Cylindropuntia kleiniae
  • Grusonia bradtiana W/C
  • Pereskiopsis porteri

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Opuntieae

  • Opuntia articulata
  • Opuntia fragilis
  • Opuntia humifusa W/C
  • Opuntia microdasys "Monstrose"
  • Opuntia microdasys
  • Opuntia microdasys var. lutea
  • Opuntia microdasys ssp. rufida
  • Opuntia picardoi
  • Opuntia pycnantha
  • Opuntia quitensis
  • Opuntia schickendantzii
  • Opuntia sp.

Subfamily Opuntioideae
Tribe Tephrocacteae

  • Maihueniopsis atacamensis W/C

Subfamily Pereskioideae
Tribe Pereskieae

  • Pereskia aculeata
  • Pereskia grandifolia
  • Pereskia quisqueyana W/C
  • Pereskia sacharosa
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