{{Short description|Species of plant}} {{Speciesbox | image =Matucana aureiflora P1050.JPG | image_caption = | status = CR | status_system = IUCN2.3 | status_ref = <ref name="Assessment) 2011 p. ">{{cite journal | last=Assessment) | first=Jose Roque (Global Cactus | title=The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | journal=IUCN Red List of Threatened Species | date=2011-05-05 | url=https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/151749/557301 | access-date=2023-08-13 | page=}}</ref> | taxon = Matucana aureiflora | authority = Friedrich Ritter, 1965 | synonyms = *''Borzicactus aureiflorus'' {{small|(F.Ritter) Donald 1971}} *''Submatucana aureiflora'' {{small|(F.Ritter) Backeb. 1966}}
}} '''''Matucana aureiflora''''' is a species of ''[[Matucana]]'' found in [[Peru]].<ref name="Plants of the World Online g923">{{cite web | title=Matucana aureiflora F.Ritter | website=Plants of the World Online | url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:154789-2 | access-date=2023-08-13}}</ref> ==Description== ''Matucana aureiflora'' usually grows solitary with flat spherical, shiny dark green shoots up to {{cvt|13|cm}} in diameter. There are 11-27 blunt ribs made up of flat protuberances. The spines are firm, curved, yellow to tan yellow, darker at their base. The [[areole]]s have up to four central spines, which can also be missing, are {{cvt|1.2 to 2.5|cm}} long and 8 to 14 comb-shaped radial spines reach a length of {{cvt|0.7 to 1.8|cm}}.
The broad, funnel-shaped, radial flowers are golden yellow, {{cvt|3-4.5|cm}} long and have a diameter of up to {{cvt|4|cm}}. The fruits are egg-shaped, purplish and {{cvt|1.4|cm}} long with a {{cvt|1|cm}} diameter.<ref name="Anderson Eggli 2005 p. 417-418">{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | title=Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | page=417-418}}</ref> <gallery> Matucana aureiflora (8967629162).jpg Matucana aureiflora pm.JPG Matucana aureiflora.JPG Matucana aureiflora (4511144375).jpg </gallery>
==Distribution== ''Matucana aureiflora'' is found in the [[Peru]]vian region of [[Cajamarca]] at altitudes of 2800 to 2900 meters. In the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species, the species is classified as "Critically Endangered (CR)".<ref name="Assessment) 2011 p. "/>
==Taxonomy== The first description was in 1965 by [[Friedrich Ritter]]. Further [[Synonym (taxonomy)|nomenclature synonyms]] are ''Submatucana aureiflorus'' (F.Ritter) Backeb. (1966) and ''Borzicactus aureiflorus'' (F.Ritter) Donald (1971).
== References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Matucana aureiflora|''Matucana aureiflora''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Matucana aureiflora|''Matucana aureiflora''}}
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[[Category:Flora of Peru]] [[Category:Cacti of South America]] [[Category:Endemic flora of Peru]] [[Category:Matucana|aureiflora]]