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Maihueniopsis platyacantha

Maihueniopsis platyacantha

Maihueniopsis platyacantha

Maihueniopsis platyacantha (Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) 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 AGWSJ, AGSTF, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, AGW, AGSRN, AGSNE, AGSCB, AGWTU, AGWSL, SOUTHERNAMERICA, AGSSC, AGWJU; Argentina (Mendoza, Neuquén).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 platyacantha (Salm-Dyck ex Pfeiff.) D.R.Hunt". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77115303-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Maihueniopsis platyacantha". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7821604 ↩
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Native Habitat

Argentina (Mendoza, Neuquén)

Automatically collected source range/note: AGW_SJ, AGS_TF, SOUTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, AGW, AGS_RN, AGS_NE, AGS_CB, AGW_TU, AGW_SL, SOUTHERN_AMERICA, AGS_SC, AGW_JU; Argentina (Mendoza, Neuquén).