Maihuenia
| 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 ( K.Schum.
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| Species | |
Maihuenia is a
.Its name is the Latinized version of maihuén, a local Chilean name for these cacti.[1][2]
Species
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Maihuenia patagonica | Southern Chile |
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Maihuenia poeppigii | Chile and Argentina |
References
- 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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