{{Short description|Species of cactus}} {{Speciesbox | image = Matucana formosa.JPG | image_caption = | status = LC | status_system = IUCN3.1 | 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/152092/121521544 | access-date=2023-08-23 | page=}}</ref> | taxon = Matucana formosa | authority = F.Ritter 1963 | synonyms = *''Borzicactus formosus'' {{Au|(F.Ritter) Donald 1971}} *''Loxanthocereus formosus'' {{Au|(F.Ritter) Buxb. 1974}} *''Submatucana formosa'' {{Au|(F.Ritter) Backeb. 1963}} *''Matucana formosa'' var. ''minor'' {{Au|F.Ritter 1963}} *''Submatucana formosa'' var. ''minor'' {{Au|(F.Ritter) Backeb. 1963}} }}
'''''Matucana formosa''''' is a species of ''[[Matucana]]'' found in [[Peru]].
==Description== ''Matucana formosa'' usually grows with globular, gray-green shoots that branch out from the base and reaches stature heights of {{cvt|10 to 15|cm}} and the same diameter. There are 20-30 narrow, slightly bumpy ribs. [[Areole]]s have straight to slightly curved, stiff, dark brown spines have a darker tip and turn gray with age. The 1 to 4 central spines are {{cvt|2 to 5|cm}} and 6 to 11 radial spines growing up to {{cvt|3|cm}} long.
The crimson flowers have a curved flower tube and a crooked mouth. They are {{cvt|8 to 10|cm}} long and have a diameter of {{cvt|4 to 7.5|cm}}. The length of the spherical, green and red fruits is {{cvt|1.5|cm}}. Their diameter is {{cvt|1|cm}}.<ref name="Anderson Eggli 2005 p. 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=418}}</ref>
==Distribution== ''Matucana formosa'' is distributed in the Peruvian departments of [[Department of La Libertad|La Libertad]], [[Department of Cajamarca|Cajamarca]] and [[Amazonas (Colombian department)|Amazonas]] in the valley of the Río Marañón at altitudes of 800 to 1100 meters.
==Taxonomy== The first description was in 1963 by [[Friedrich Ritter]].<ref name="Ritter 1963 pp. 123–125">{{cite journal | last=Ritter | first=F. | title=Diagnosen von neuen Kakteen (Continued) | journal=Taxon | publisher=International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT) | volume=12 | issue=3 | year=1963 | issn=00400262 | jstor=1217203 | pages=123–125 | url=http://www.jstor.org/stable/1217203 | access-date=2023-08-23}}</ref> [[Synonym (taxonomy)|Nomenclature synonyms]] are ''Submatucana formosa'' (F.Ritter) Backeb. (1963), ''Borzicactus formosus'' (F.Ritter) Donald (1971) and ''Loxanthocereus formosus'' (F.Ritter) Buxb. (1974).
==References== {{Reflist}}
==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Matucana formosa|''Matucana formosa''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Matucana formosa|''Matucana formosa''}}
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[[Category:Flora of Peru]] [[Category:Cacti of South America]] [[Category:Endemic flora of Peru]] [[Category:Matucana|formosa]] [[Category:Taxa named by Friedrich Ritter]]