Xerophyte

Description

Matucana villaricaSN|1080]]SN|34227]] is an undescribed name (nomen nudum - Abbreviation n. n. A title lacking valid description). It was first named in 1977 by the Czech cactus trader Karel Knize, resident in Lima, Peru. It has been said that Knize gave most of the plants he collected/sold new names to increase sales. Knize never properly described his plants, he just gave them names and sold them. He deliberately hunted down unusual looking things so it can be difficult to characterise them in terms of the existing described species. This “species” is a morphological form of Matucana hayneiSN|1080]]SN|1080]] from the locality of Huanncayo, Villarica, Peru, but not sufficiently differentiated and considered at most a local variant of the latter (if not the same).

Note

Matucana hayneiSN|34227]]SN|1080]].