Matucana
Sign in to saveMatucana is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), containing approximately 20 species of mostly globular plants. The genus is known only from Peru, mostly along the Marañón River.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCactaceae
Native toPeru
Observations recorded817
via GBIF · Kew POWO
Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Collections
- MO, MICH, NY, MNHN, K, DES
- Recorded in
- Peru
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Encyclopedic overview
5 sectionsContents
- Description
- Taxonomy
- Species
- Cultivation
- References
Matucana is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), containing approximately 20 species of mostly globular plants. The genus is known only from Peru, mostly along the Marañón River.
Some species are endangered due to collection for the specialist market.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Matucana” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.