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Matucana aureiflora

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| status = CR

| status_system = IUCN2.3

| status_ref = {{cite journal | last=Assessment) | first=Jose Roque (Global Cactus | title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | date=2011-05-05 | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/151749/557301 | access-date=2023-08-13 | page=}}

| taxon = Matucana aureiflora

| authority = Friedrich Ritter, 1965

| synonyms =

  • Borzicactus aureiflorus {{small|(F.Ritter) Donald 1971}}
  • Submatucana aureiflora {{small|(F.Ritter) Backeb. 1966}}

}}

Matucana aureiflora is a species of Matucana found in Peru.{{cite web | title=Matucana aureiflora F.Ritter | website=Plants of the World Online | url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:154789-2 | access-date=2023-08-13}}

Description

Matucana aureiflora usually grows solitary with flat spherical, shiny dark green shoots up to {{cvt|13|cm}} in diameter. There are 11-27 blunt ribs made up of flat protuberances. The spines are firm, curved, yellow to tan yellow, darker at their base. The areoles have up to four central spines, which can also be missing, are {{cvt|1.2 to 2.5|cm}} long and 8 to 14 comb-shaped radial spines reach a length of {{cvt|0.7 to 1.8|cm}}.

The broad, funnel-shaped, radial flowers are golden yellow, {{cvt|3-4.5|cm}} long and have a diameter of up to {{cvt|4|cm}}. The fruits are egg-shaped, purplish and {{cvt|1.4|cm}} long with a {{cvt|1|cm}} diameter.{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | title=Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | page=417-418}}

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Distribution

Matucana aureiflora is found in the Peruvian region of Cajamarca at altitudes of 2800 to 2900 meters. In the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the species is classified as "Critically Endangered (CR)".

Taxonomy

The first description was in 1965 by Friedrich Ritter. Further nomenclature synonyms are Submatucana aureiflorus (F.Ritter) Backeb. (1966) and Borzicactus aureiflorus (F.Ritter) Donald (1971).

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External links

  • {{Commons category-inline|Matucana aureiflora|Matucana aureiflora}}
  • {{Wikispecies-inline|Matucana aureiflora|Matucana aureiflora}}

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Category:Flora of Peru

Category:Cacti of South America

Category:Endemic flora of Peru

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