Matucana

This article is about the genus. For the town, see Matucana, Peru.

Matucana
Matucana paucicostata
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cereeae
Subtribe: Trichocereinae
Genus: Matucana
Britton & Rose[1]
Type species
Matucana haynii
Species

See text

Synonyms[1]
  • Anhaloniopsis (Buxb.) Mottram 2014
  • Eomatucana F.Ritter 1965
  • Submatucana Backeb. 1959

Matucana is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), containing approximately 20 species of mostly globular plants.[2] The genus is known only from Peru,[3] mostly along the Marañón River.

Some species are endangered due to collection for the specialist market.

  1. ^ a b Cite error: The named reference POWO_5414-1 was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
  2. ^ "BioLib - Matucana". Biolib. Retrieved 20 June 2015.
  3. ^ Divulgazione, Divisione (15 January 2013). "Matucana". Seeds Cactus. Retrieved 20 June 2015.