Maihuenia is a genus of cactus (family Cactaceae) and the sole genus of the subfamily Maihuenioideae, which is the smallest subfamily of the Cactaceae. The genus comprises two cushion-forming, mucilaginous species. They are found at high elevation habitats of Andean Argentina and Chile.
| Maihuenia | |
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| Maihuenia patagonica | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Maihuenioideae P.Fearn |
| Genus: | Maihuenia (Phil. ex F.A.C.Weber) K.Schum. |
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Its name is the Latinized version of maihuén, a local Chilean name for these cacti.[1][2]
Species
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Maihuenia patagonica | Southern Chile |
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Maihuenia poeppigii | Chile and Argentina |
References
edit- ^ Willy Cullmann; Erich Götz (Dozent Dr.); Gerhard Gröner (1987). The encyclopedia of cacti. Timber Press. p. 202. ISBN 978-0-88192-100-7.
maihuen = Chilean folk name
- ^ Paul Fournier (1935). Les cactées et les plantes grasses (in French). Paul Lechevalier. p. cxxx.
De maihuen, nom indigène de la plante.
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