Matucana huagalensis

Matucana huagalensis is a species of Matucana found in Peru.[1]

Matucana huagalensis
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Matucana
Species:
M. huagalensis
Binomial name
Matucana huagalensis
(Donald & A.B.Lau) Bregman, Meerst., Melis & A.B.Pullen 1988
Synonyms
  • Borzicactus huagalensis Donald & A.Lau 1970

Description

Matucana huagalensis usually grows solitary and only rarely sprouts with flattened, spherical to broadly cylindrical, green shoots and reaches heights of up to 25 centimeters with a diameter of 15 centimeters. There are about 18 sharp-edged, tuberous ribs. Of the white to light brown spines, some have a darker tip. The three to four central spines are up to 4 centimeters, the 18 to 20 radial spines 1 to 2 centimeters long.

The slightly crooked flowers are light pink to almost white. They are up to 10 centimeters long. The spherical fruits are green.[2]

Distribution

Matucana huagalensis is located in the Peruvian region of Cajamarca near the confluence of the Río Marañón and Río Crisnejas at an altitude of 2000 to 2500 meters.

Taxonomy

The first description as Borzicactus huagalensis was in 1970 by John Donald Donald and Alfred Bernhard Lau.[3] The specific epithet huagalensis refers to the occurrence of the species on the Hacienda Hugal. Rob Bregman and his co-authors placed the species in the genus Matucana in 1988.[4] A synonym is Submatucana huagalensis (Donald & A.B.Lau) hort. (no year, nom. invalid. ICBN article 29.1).

References
  1. "Matucana huagalensis (Donald & A.Lau) Bregman, Meerst., Melis & A.B.Pullen". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  2. Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). p. 419. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  3. Donald, J. D. (1970). "NEW TAXA FROM THE LAU EXPEDITION IN PERU, 1969". The National Cactus and Succulent Journal. British Cactus and Succulent Society. 25 (2): 33–33. ISSN 2057-0325. JSTOR 42791101. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
  4. "Cactus and Succulent Journal March-April 1979: Vol 51 Iss 2 : Free Download, Borrow, and Streaming : Internet Archive". Internet Archive. 2023-03-25. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
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