Matucana aurantiaca
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Matucana aurantiaca is a species of plant in the genus Matucana from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet aurantiaca means '(Latin aurantiacus) orange-colored'.
description
Matucana aurantiaca usually grows individually and is rarely branched from the base. The spherical to broadly cylindrical, green to dark green shoots reach heights of growth of up to 35 centimeters (rarely up to 50 centimeters) with a diameter of 15 centimeters. There are 13 to 19 wide ribs made up of hexagonal cusps. The different, straight, yellowish brown thorns turn gray with age. The approximately nine central spines are 2 to 7 inches long. The twelve to 20 radial spines have a length of 0.5 to 4 centimeters.
The orange-red to red flowers are 7 to 9 centimeters long and 5 to 7 centimeters in diameter. Their bloom are margins violet, the flower mouth is slightly crooked to straight. The diameter of the spherical green fruits is up to 2 centimeters.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Matucana aurantiaca is common in the Peruvian regions of Ancash , La Libertad , Cajamarca and possibly Piura at altitudes of 2000 to 3700 meters.
It was first described as Echinocactus aurantiacus in 1913 by Friedrich Karl Johann Vaupel . Franz Buxbaum placed them in the genus Matucana in 1973 . Nomenclatory synonym are Arequipa aurantiaca (Vaupel) Werderm. (1939), Borzicactus aurantiacus (Vaupel) Kimnach & Hutchison (1957) and Submatucana aurantiaca (Vaupel) Backeb. (1959).
The following subspecies are distinguished:
- Matucana aurantiaca subsp. aurantiaca
- Matucana aurantiaca subsp. currundayensis (F.Ritter) Mottram
- Matucana aurantiaca subsp. hastifera (F.Ritter) Mottram
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 417 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Botanical yearbooks for systematics, plant history and plant geography . Volume 50, Numbers 2-3, Beiblatt 111, Leipzig 1913, p. 23. (online).
- ^ Franz Buxbaum: In: Hans Krainz (ed.): Die Kakteen . Delivery 54, C Vb, 1973.
- ↑ Matucana aurantiaca in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Ostalaza, C. & Roque, J., 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2014.