Matucana chrysacantha
Matucana chrysacantha
Matucana chrysacantha
Matucana chrysacantha Hoxey & G.J.Charles is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1
The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Matucana.12
Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHERNAMERICA, PEROO, PER, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA; Peru.1
POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, montane tropical.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. "Matucana chrysacantha Hoxey & G.J.Charles". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77300506-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Matucana chrysacantha". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/11456494 ↩
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