Maihuen (Maihuenia poeppigii)
Description
Maihuenia poepigii (Chilean: maihuén) is a succulent cactus shrub native to Chile and Argentina. This cactus is notable as it can tolerate moisture[and cold. Its specific epithet poepigii commemorates Eduard Pöppig, a 19th-century German naturalist who explored South America. 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. Its name is the Latinized version of maihuén, a local Chilean name for these cacti
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Cactaceae
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Genus: Maihuenia
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