Matucana krahnii (Donald) Bregman
Cactaceae
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Summary
Matucana krahnii is a species of Matucana found in Peru.
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About the genus · Matucana
Matucana is a genus of cacti, containing approximately 20 species of mostly globular plants. The genus is known only from Peru, mostly along the Marañón River.
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Also known as Borzicactus krahnii Donald; Matucana calliantha F.Ritter; Matucana calliantha var. prolifera F.Ritter.
Cultivation
Grouped as a cactus or succulent by the genus Matucana, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.
Climate across the habitat
Natural habitat
Photographs
Photographs: no rights reserved · CC0 (2); Rosa Vásquez, CC0, iNaturalist via GBIF (3).
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Papers naming this species
Works whose title or abstract names Matucana krahnii, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.
Related
Other Matucana 20 in the reference
Matucana aurantiaca Cactaceae
Matucana aureiflora Cactaceae
Matucana charlesiorum Cactaceae Matucana chrysacantha Cactaceae
Matucana formosa Cactaceae Matucana gigantea Cactaceae
Matucana haynii Cactaceae Matucana hoxeyi Cactaceae Matucana huagalensis Cactaceae
Matucana intertexta Cactaceae Matucana klopfensteinii Cactaceae
Matucana madisoniorum Cactaceae all 21 ›History & registers
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