Maihuenia poeppigii

Maihuenia poeppigii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Maihuenioideae
Genus: Maihuenia
Species: M. poeppigii
Binomial name
Maihuenia poeppigii
(Otto ex Pfeiffer) Phil. ex K. Schum
Synonyms[1]
  • Opuntia poeppigii

Maihuenia poepigii (Chilean: maihuén[2]) is a succulent cactus shrub native to Chile and Argentina. This cactus is notable as it can tolerate moisture[3] and cold.[4]

Its specific epithet poepigii commemorates Eduard Pöppig, a 19th-century German naturalist who explored South America.[5]

Description

This is a cactus species forming dense cushions often consisting of hundreds of individual segments. The plant's specific physical characteristics are listed below:

References

  1. 1 2 Cactus Art Nursery. "Mauhenia poeppigii".
  2. B., Michail. "Maihuenia poeppigii". Chile Flora.
  3. 1 2 3 Siskiyou Rare Plant Nursery. "Maihuenia poeppigii".
  4. Saul J. "Maihuenia poeppigii". Cacti of Patagonia.
  5. Lodé, Joël. M. poepigii (PDF). Le Fichier encyclopédique des Cactées & autres Succulentes (in French) (Aix-en-Provence: Édisud). p. 2359.
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