Matucana

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Matucana is a genus of cacti (family Cactaceae), containing approximately 20 species of mostly globular plants.[1] The genus is known only from Peru,[2] mostly along the Marañón River.

Some species are endangered due to collection for the specialist market.

Description

Plants within this genus may be identified by the distinctive structure of their fruits, which are marked by vertical splits that release their seeds upon maturity. The overall body shape, spination, offset production, and preferred habitat exhibit considerable variability, mirroring the diverse nature of the flowers within the genus. Species of Matucana have low, globose or shortly cylindrical bodies, either solitary or clustering. The flowers are subapical, usually more or less zygomorphic, diurnal, of various colours, but usually red, yellow or pink.[3] However, a few species, notably M. oreodoxa, have actinomorphic flowers and were placed in a separate genus - Eomatucana - by F. Ritter. They are reported to flower at a young age.[4][5]

Taxonomy

The first species was discovered near the town of Matucana and described as Echinocactus haynii by Christoph Friedrich Otto in 1849. The genus Matucana was erected by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose in 1922 to differentiate it from the diverse Echinocactus genus.[2]

Species

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Image Scientific name Distribution
File:Matucana fruticosa 01.jpg Matucana aurantiaca (Vaupel) Buxb.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
File:Matucana aureiflora (4508580768).jpg Matucana aureiflora F.RitterScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
File:Oroya borchersii, flores 1.jpg Matucana borchersii (Boed.) G.J.CharlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru (Ancash)
Matucana charlesiorum HoxeyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru
Matucana chrysacantha Hoxey & G.J.CharlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru
File:Matucana formosa.JPG Matucana formosa F.RitterScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
Matucana gigantea G.J.CharlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru
File:Matucana haynei (8956638749).jpg Matucana haynii (Otto ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & RoseScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
Matucana hoxeyi (G.J.Charles) G.J.CharlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
File:Matucana huagalensis 2019-06-09 01.jpg Matucana huagalensis (Donald & A.B.Lau) Bregmann, Meerst., Melis & PullenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
File:Matucana intertexta 2.jpg Matucana intertexta F.RitterScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
Matucana klopfensteinii Cieza & PinoScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru (Cajamarca).
File:Matucana krahnii (5011339998).jpg Matucana krahnii (Donald) BregmannScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
File:Matucana madisoniorum 31.JPG Matucana madisoniorum (Hutchison) G.D.RowleyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
File:Matucana oreodoxa 2.jpg Matucana oreodoxa (F.Ritter) SlabaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
Matucana ostolazae (Pino & L.E.Alomía) Pino & L.E.AlomíaScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru (Junín)
File:Matucana paucicostata 02.jpg Matucana paucicostata F.RitterScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
File:Oroya (4877090482).jpg Matucana peruviana (K.Schum.) G.J.CharlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru (Cuzco, Junin)
Matucana pughii G.J.CharlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
File:Matucana pujupatii 1.jpg Matucana pujupatii (Donald & A.B.Lau) BregmannScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
Matucana rebutiiflora G.J.CharlesScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
File:Matucana ritteri (cropped).jpg Matucana ritteri BuiningScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
Matucana roseiflora (G.J.Charles) G.J.Charles & HoxeyScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
File:Matucana tuberculata 2.jpg Matucana tuberculata (Donald) Bregman, Meerst., Melis & A.B.PullenScript error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.
File:Matucana weberbaueri.JPG Matucana weberbaueri (Vaupel) Backeb.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". Peru.

Cultivation

All members of the genus cannot tolerate too much moisture so that it is recommended that they be watered only during their growing season and when the substrate is dry. They risk losing their roots if they are not kept warm through the winter. Members of Matucana grow quickly and may be grown from seed.[2]

References

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  • Bregman, Rob: The Genus Matucana. Biology and systematics of fascinating Peruvian cacti. A.A.Balkema 1996.
  • Ritter, Friedrich: Kakteen in Südamerika, Band 4, s. 1486–87. Friedrich Ritter Selbstverlag 1981.

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