Taxonomy
- Taxonomic Rank
- Form
- Author
- (Buining & Brederoo) N.P.Taylor
- Publication
- in Bradleya 9: 28. 1991.
Superior Taxa
- Kingdom
- Plantae
- Subkingdom
- Pteridobiotina
- Phylum
- Angiosperms
- Order
- Caryophyllales
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Genus
- Melocactus
- Species
- Melocactus bahiensis
- Subspecies
- Melocactus bahiensis subsp. bahiensis