# Matucana intertexta

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Species of plant in the genus Matucana

Matucana intertexta Conservation status Data Deficient (IUCN 2.3)[1] Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae Clade: Embryophytes Clade: Tracheophytes Clade: Spermatophytes Clade: Angiosperms Clade: Eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Cactoideae Genus: Matucana Species: M. intertexta Binomial name Matucana intertexta F.Ritter[2] Synonyms[3] List Borzicactus intertextus (F.Ritter) Donald Borzicactus intertextus var. celendinensis (F.Ritter) Donald Matucana celendinensis F.Ritter Matucana intertexta var. celendinensis (F.Ritter) Bregman, Meerst., Melis & A.B.Pullen Submatucana intertexta (F.Ritter) Backeb.

***Matucana intertexta*** is a species of [cactus](/source/Cactus) in the genus *[Matucana](/source/Matucana)*, native to Peru.[3] It has gained the [Royal Horticultural Society](/source/Royal_Horticultural_Society)'s [Award of Garden Merit](/source/Award_of_Garden_Merit).[4]

## Description

*Matucana intertexta* usually grows solitary with globular to broadly cylindrical, green shoots and reaches heights of growth of up to 30 cm (12 in) with a diameter of 7 to 18 cm (2.8 to 7.1 in). There are 14 - 25 blunt, flattened tubercles ribs present. The white, straight or slightly curved, protruding to slightly splaying spines darken with age. There are initially up to 20 spines, two to five central spines with a length of 2 to 4 cm (0.79 to 1.57 in) and ten to 25 radial spines with a length of 0.7 to 2 cm (0.28 to 0.79 in).

The lopsided, light orange to vermilion and scarlet flowers are 7 to 10.5 cm (2.8 to 4.1 in) long and have a diameter of 3.5 to 8 cm (1.4 to 3.1 in). Their bracts are edged with purple. The spherical, green fruits reach a diameter of 1 to 1.8 cm (0.39 to 0.71 in).[5]

## Subspecies

The following subspecies are currently accepted:[3]

- *Matucana intertexta* subsp. *intertexta*

- *Matucana intertexta* subsp. *jankei* Cieza & Pino

## Distribution

*Matucana intertexta* is distributed in the Peruvian region of [Cajamarca](/source/Cajamarca) at altitudes of 1500 to 2300 meters.

## Taxonomy

The first description was in 1963 by [Friedrich Ritter](/source/Friedrich_Ritter).[6] [Nomenclature synonyms](/source/Synonym_(taxonomy)) are *Submatucana intertexta* (F.Ritter) Backeb. (1963) and *Borzicactus intertextus* (F.Ritter) Donald (1971).

## References

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Assessment)_2011_p._1-0)** Assessment), Jose Roque (Global Cactus (2011-05-05). ["The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species"](https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/152325/121531411). *IUCN Red List of Threatened Species*. Retrieved 2023-08-26.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-2)** Taxon 12: 125 (1963)

1. ^ [***a***](#cite_ref-154809-2_3-0) [***b***](#cite_ref-154809-2_3-1) [***c***](#cite_ref-154809-2_3-2) ["*Matucana intertexta* F.Ritter"](http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:154809-2). *Plants of the World Online*. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-4)** ["*Matucana intertexta*"](https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/10923/i-Matucana-intertexta-i/Details). The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 5 November 2020.

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Anderson_Eggli_2005_p._419._5-0)** Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). *Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon* (in German). p. 419. [ISBN](/source/ISBN_(identifier)) [3-8001-4573-1](https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Special:BookSources/3-8001-4573-1).

1. **[^](#cite_ref-Ritter_1963_pp._123–125_6-0)** Ritter, F. (1963). ["Diagnosen von neuen Kakteen (Continued)"](http://www.jstor.org/stable/1217203). *Taxon*. **12** (3). International Association for Plant Taxonomy (IAPT): 123–125. [ISSN](/source/ISSN_(identifier)) [0040-0262](https://search.worldcat.org/issn/0040-0262). [JSTOR](/source/JSTOR_(identifier)) [1217203](https://www.jstor.org/stable/1217203). Retrieved 2023-08-26.

## External links

- Media related to [*Matucana intertexta*](https://commons.wikimedia.org/wiki/Category:Matucana_intertexta) at Wikimedia Commons

- Data related to [*Matucana intertexta*](https://species.wikimedia.org/wiki/Matucana_intertexta) at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers Matucana intertexta Wikidata: Q310156 Wikispecies: Matucana intertexta CoL: 3YFJN EoL: 5192727 EPPO: MTUIN GBIF: 7281551 GRIN: 434975 iNaturalist: 440268 IPNI: 154809-2 ITIS: 907564 IUCN: 152325 NCBI: 154426 Open Tree of Life: 964546 Plant List: tro-5101885 POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:154809-2 RHS: 10923 Species+: 22387 Tropicos: 5101885 WFO: wfo-0001287892

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