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.
In the Vinony graph
Vinony's link graph records 39 inbound references to Matucana, and connects out to floral symmetry, Peru and plant.
Vinony files it under Cacti of South America, Cereeae genera and Endemic flora of Peru.
Vinony links it to 18 Wikipedia language editions.
Species
GENUS
- KingdomPlantae
- PhylumTracheophyta
- ClassMagnoliopsida
- OrderCaryophyllales
- FamilyCactaceae
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Museum specimens
- Specimen records
- 20
- With media
- 16
- Family
- Cactaceae
- Collections
- MO, MICH, NY, MNHN, K, DES
- Recorded in
- Peru
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- taxon
- Parent taxon
- Trichocereeae
- Image
- Matucana paucicostata 02.jpg
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- topic's main category
- Category:Matucana
- taxon rank
- genus
- taxon name
- Matucana
- Commons category
- Matucana
- taxon common name
- 白仙玉属
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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.