Maihueniopsis ovata

Maihueniopsis ovata

Maihueniopsis ovata (Pfeiff.) F.Ritter 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 AGWSJ, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, AGW, CLCMA, CLC, CLCBI, AGWTU, AGWSL, CLCOH, SOUTHERNAMERICA, CLCVA, AGW_JU; C. Chile to Argentina (Mendoza, San Juan).1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, subalpine or subarctic.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Maihueniopsis ovata (Pfeiff.) F.Ritter". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:908118-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Maihueniopsis ovata". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7282416
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Native Habitat

C. Chile to Argentina (Mendoza, San Juan)

Automatically collected source range/note: AGW_SJ, SOUTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, AGW, CLC_MA, CLC, CLC_BI, AGW_TU, AGW_SL, CLC_OH, SOUTHERN_AMERICA, CLC_VA, AGW_JU; C. Chile to Argentina (Mendoza, San Juan).