Maihueniopsis clavarioides
Maihueniopsis clavarioides
Maihueniopsis clavarioides
Maihueniopsis clavarioides (Otto ex Pfeiff.) E.F.Anderson 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, AGWSL, SOUTHERNAMERICA, AGWJU, AGWME, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, AGW, AGWSA, AGWSE, AGWLR, AGWCA, AGWTU; Argentina (San Juan, Mendoza).1
POWO records the plant context as succulent tuberous 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
- Plants of the World Online. "Maihueniopsis clavarioides (Otto ex Pfeiff.) E.F.Anderson". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1093510-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Maihueniopsis clavarioides". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3952201 ↩
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