Matucana formosa
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Matucana formosa is a species of plant in the genus Matucana from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet formosa means '(Latin formosus) well designed'.
description
Matucana formosa usually grows with spherical gray-green shoots branching from the base and reaches heights of 10 to 15 centimeters and the same diameter. There are 20 to 30 narrow, slightly tuberous ribs . The straight to slightly curved, stiff, dark brown thorns have a darker tip and turn gray with age. The one to four central spines are 2 to 5 centimeters long, the six to eleven radial spines up to 3 centimeters long.
The carmine-red flowers have a curved tube and a crooked mouth. They are 8 to 10 centimeters long and 4 to 7.5 centimeters in diameter. The length of the spherical, green and red fruits is 1.5 centimeters. Their diameter is 1 centimeter.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Matucana formosa is common in the Peruvian regions of La Libertad , Cajamarca and Amazonas in the valley of the Río Marañón at altitudes of 800 to 1100 meters.
It was first described in 1963 by Friedrich Ritter . Nomenclatory synonyms are Submatucana formosa (F.Ritter) Backeb. (1963), Borzicactus formosus (F.Ritter) Donald (1971) and Loxanthocereus formosus (F.Ritter) Buxb. (1974).
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 418 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Diagnoses of new cacti . In: Taxon . Volume 12, Number 3, 1963, p. 125, JSTOR 1217203 .
- ^ Matucana formosa in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Ostalaza, C. & Roque, J., 2011. Retrieved March 23, 2014.
