Matucana intertexta
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Matucana
Species:
M. intertexta
Binomial name
Matucana intertexta
Synonyms[3]
List
    • Borzicactus intertextus (F.Ritter) Donald
    • Borzicactus intertextus var. celendinensis (F.Ritter) Donald
    • Matucana celendinensis F.Ritter
    • Matucana intertexta var. celendinensis (F.Ritter) Bregman, Meerst., Melis & A.B.Pullen
    • Submatucana intertexta (F.Ritter) Backeb.

Matucana intertexta is a species of cactus in the genus Matucana, native to Peru.[3] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[4]

Description

Matucana intertexta usually grows solitary with globular to broadly cylindrical, green shoots and reaches heights of growth of up to 30 centimeters with a diameter of 7 to 18 centimeters. There are 14 - 25 blunt, flattened tubercles ribs present. The white, straight or slightly curved, protruding to slightly splaying spines darken with age. There are initially up to 20 spines, two to five central spines with a length of 2 to 4 centimeters and ten to 25 radial spines with a length of 0.7 to 2 centimeters.

The lopsided, light orange to vermilion and scarlet flowers are 7 to 10.5 centimeters long and have a diameter of 3.5 to 8 centimeters. Their bracts are edged with purple. The spherical, green fruits reach a diameter of 1 to 1.8 centimeters.[5]

Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[3]

  • Matucana intertexta subsp. intertexta
  • Matucana intertexta subsp. jankei Cieza & Pino

Distribution

Matucana intertexta is distributed in the Peruvian region of Cajamarca at altitudes of 1500 to 2300 meters.

Taxonomy

The first description was in 1963 by Friedrich Ritter.[6] Nomenclature synonyms are Submatucana intertexta (F.Ritter) Backeb. (1963) and Borzicactus intertextus (F.Ritter) Donald (1971).

References

  1. ↑ Assessment), Jose Roque (Global Cactus (2011-05-05). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
  2. ↑ Taxon 12: 125 (1963)
  3. 1 2 3 "Matucana intertexta F.Ritter". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  4. ↑ "Matucana intertexta". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 November 2020.
  5. ↑ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). p. 419. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  6. ↑ Ritter, F. (1963). "Diagnosen von neuen Kakteen (Continued)". Taxon. International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT). 12 (3): 123–125. ISSN 0040-0262. JSTOR 1217203. Retrieved 2023-08-26.
This article is issued from Wikipedia. The text is licensed under Creative Commons - Attribution - Sharealike. Additional terms may apply for the media files.