

Maihueniopsis hickenii
Maihueniopsis hickenii
Maihueniopsis hickenii (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1
The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Maihueniopsis.12
Its recorded native range/source remark is AGEER, AGSNE, AGWSE, AGE, AGSRN, AGWCA, AGWSA, AGSCB, AGEMI, AGESF, AGSTF, AGS; Argentina.1
POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, temperate.1
This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.
References
- Plants of the World Online. "Maihueniopsis hickenii (Britton & Rose) D.R.Hunt". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77115302-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Maihueniopsis hickenii". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/8237955 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
Argentina
Automatically collected source range/note: AGE_ER, AGS_NE, AGW_SE, AGE, AGS_RN, AGW_CA, AGW_SA, AGS_CB, AGE_MI, AGE_SF, AGS_TF, AGS; Argentina.