| Matucana klopfensteinii | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Matucana |
| Species: | M. klopfensteinii |
| Binomial name | |
| Matucana klopfensteinii Cieza & Pino | |
Matucana klopfensteinii is a species of Matucana found in Peru. [1]
Matucana klopfensteinii is globose and medium-green color, reaching a diameter of 8–13 cm and a height of 12–64 cm. As the plant matures, it develops 15-19 ribs. These ribs are segmented into many tubercles. Areoles are large with many trichomes covering the ribs. The plant features nine to fifteen radial spines, each extending up to 1-4.5 cm, accompanied by one to four central spine reaching a length of up to 1-5.5 cm. Spines are gray in color.
The flowers measures 6.8-9.0 cm in length, opens to a width of 4.8-6.5 cm, and red in color. The fruit, approximately 1.5–2 cm long and 1-1.3 cm wide, starts off green and undergoes a darkening process as it ages. [2]
Plants are found growing in Cajamarca, Peru at elevations of 1150 to 2662 meters. Plants are found growing on rocky slopes along with Armatocereus rauhii subsp. balsasensis, Browningia pilleifera , Espostoa mirabilis , Peperomia dolabriformis , Peperomia selenophylla , Peperomia wolfgang-krahnii , Deuterocohnia longipetala , and Pereskia horrida .
The plant was first described by Nelson Cieza and Guillermo Pino in 2014 and named after Olivier Klopfenstein who first photographed the plant.
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