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Endangered

CITES App. II

Echinocactus aurantiacus

Bot. Jahrb. Syst. l. Beibl. 111, 23 (1913).

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Species

Echinocactus aurantiacus

Author

Vaupel

Chinese genus

金琥属

Chinese name

-

Primary

Matucana aurantiaca

Accepted

Matucana aurantiaca

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Description

Five subspecies are recognized, the nominate form, subsp. currundayensis, subsp. polzii, subsp. fruticosa and subsp. hastifera.

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