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Endangered

CITES App. II

Borzicactus aurantiacus

Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 29: 47. 1957

Family

Cactaceae

Genus

Species

Borzicactus aurantiacus

Author

(Vaupel) Kimnach & Hutchison

Chinese genus

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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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