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Matucana
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.
19 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Matucana haynii
speciesMatucana haynii
Matucana aurantiaca
speciesMatucana aurantiaca
Matucana madisoniorum
speciesMatucana madisoniorum
Matucana formosa
speciesMatucana formosa
Matucana aureiflora
speciesMatucana aureiflora
Matucana aureiflora × intertexta
hybridMatucana aureiflora × intertexta
Matucana intertexta
speciesMatucana intertexta
Matucana polzii
speciesMatucana polzii
Matucana paucicostata
speciesMatucana paucicostata
Matucana pujupatii
speciesMatucana pujupatii
Matucana weberbaueri
speciesMatucana weberbaueri
Matucana ostolazae
speciesMatucana ostolazae
Matucana krahnii
speciesMatucana krahnii
Matucana oreodoxa
speciesMatucana oreodoxa
Matucana charlesiorum
speciesMatucana charlesiorum
Matucana tuberculata
speciesMatucana tuberculata
Matucana huagalensis
speciesMatucana huagalensis
Matucana ritteri
speciesMatucana ritteri
Matucana rebutiiflora
speciesMatucana rebutiiflora
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 431296.