| 🌵 Author(s) | Joseph Nelson RoseNathaniel Lord Britton |
| 🌵 Type | Matucana haynei |
Named for “the small village in central Peru near which the type species grows”, presumably Matucana, Huarochirí Province.
| [Matucána] Helmut Genaust (1996): Etymologisches Wörterbuch der botanischen Pflanzennamen, 3. Auflage |
| “Botanical Latin is essentially a written language, but the scientific names of plants often occur in speech. How they are pronounced really matters little provided they sound pleasant and are understood by all concerned.” |
| Matucana |
| Matucana |
| Matucana |
| Matucana
Edward F. Anderson & Urs Eggli (2011): Das große Kakteen-Lexikon, 2. Auflage |
| Matucana
David Hunt (2006): The New Cactus Lexicon |
| Oreocereus |
| Matucana |
| Matucana |
| Matucana |
| Cactoideae → Cereeae → Trichocereinae |
| Cereoideae → Cereeae → Austrocereeae → Austrocereinae → Loxanthocerei → Brachyloxanthocerei Curt Backeberg (1958): Die Cactaceae, Band 1 (provided for historical interest only) |
van der Meer, Maarten H.J. (2022, February 5). Matucana. Dictionary of Cactus Names. Retrieved from https://www.cactusnames.org/matucana