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Genus of cacti

Maihuenia
Maihuenia patagonica
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Maihuenioideae
P.Fearn
Genus: Maihuenia
(Phil. ex F.A.C.Weber) K.Schum.
Species

Maihuenia is a genus of cactus (family Cactaceae) and the sole genus of the subfamily Maihuenioideae, which is the smallest subfamily of the Cactaceae. The genus comprises two cushion-forming, mucilaginous species. They are found at high elevation habitats of Andean Argentina and Chile.

Its name is the Latinized version of maihuén, a local Chilean name for these cacti.

Species

Image Scientific name Distribution
Maihuenia patagonica Southern Chile
Maihuenia poeppigii Chile and Argentina

References

  1. Willy Cullmann; Erich Götz (Dozent Dr.); Gerhard Gröner (1987). The encyclopedia of cacti. Timber Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-88192-100-7. maihuen = Chilean folk name
  2. Paul Fournier (1935). Les cactées et les plantes grasses (in French). Paul Lechevalier. p. cxxx. De maihuen, nom indigène de la plante.
Taxon identifiers
Maihuenia
Pereskia subg. Maihuenia


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