{{Short description|Species of cactus}} {{Speciesbox | image =Matucana oreodoxa 2.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/152339/121532193 | access-date=2023-08-31 | page=}}</ref> | taxon = Matucana oreodoxa | authority = ([[F.Ritter]]) Slaba | synonyms = *''Borzicactus oreodoxus'' {{small|(F.Ritter) Donald 1971}} *''Eomatucana oreodoxa'' {{small|F.Ritter 1965}}
}} '''''Matucana oreodoxa''''' is a species of ''[[Matucana]]'' found in [[Peru]].<ref name="Plants of the World Online u174">{{cite web | title=Matucana oreodoxa (F.Ritter) Slaba | website=Plants of the World Online | url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:943681-1 | access-date=2023-08-31}}</ref> ==Description== ''Matucana oreodoxa'' usually grows solitary with spherical, grass-green to dark green shoots and reaches a diameter of up to {{cvt|8|cm}} and a height of 8-{{cvt|15|cm}} tall. A thick taproot is formed. There are seven to twelve flattened ribs, which are divided into round bumps. The straight to slightly curved, flexible, brownish spines turn gray with age. The one to two central spines are {{cvt|1.5 to 4|cm}} and four to ten radial spines {{cvt|1 to 3|cm}} long.
The slender, funnel-shaped, radially symmetrical, orange-red flowers are {{cvt|8 to 10|cm}} long and have a diameter of {{cvt|3 to 5.5|cm}}. The egg-shaped, light green fruits reach a diameter of up to {{cvt|8|mm}}.<ref name="Anderson Eggli 2005 p. ">{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | title=Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | page=}}</ref><ref name="Vallicelli 2013 n329">{{cite web | last=Vallicelli | first=Valentino | title=Matucana oreodoxa | website=llifle.com | date=2013-08-04 | url=http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/2241/Matucana_oreodoxa | access-date=2023-12-17}}</ref> <gallery> Matucana oreodoxa pm.JPG|Buds Matucana oreodoxa v eriodisca.jpg|plant Matucana oreodoxa.jpg|Flowers </gallery>
==Distribution== ''Matucana oreodoxa'' is found in the Peruvian region of [[Ancash]] in the valley of the Río Puchca at altitudes of 1800 to 3000 meters. ==Taxonomy== The first description as ''Eomatucana oreodoxa'' was made in 1965 by [[Friedrich Ritter]].<ref name="Au Cactus Francophone f161">{{cite web | title=Au Cactus Francophone : | website=Au Cactus Francophone | url=https://www.cactuspro.com/lecture/Kakteen-und-andere-Sukkulenten/Kakteen-und-andere-Sukkulenten-1965-12/page-8.de.html | language=fr | access-date=2023-08-31}}</ref> Rudolf Slaba placed the species in the genus ''Matucana'' in 1973. Another [[Synonym (taxonomy)|nomenclature synonym]] is ''Borzicactus oreodoxus'' (F.Ritter) Donald (1971).
== References == {{Reflist}} ==External links== *{{Commons category-inline|Matucana oreodoxa|''Matucana oreodoxa''}} *{{Wikispecies-inline|Matucana oreodoxa|''Matucana oreodoxa''}}
{{Taxonbar|from=Q1674402}} [[Category:Flora of Peru]] [[Category:Cacti of South America]] [[Category:Endemic flora of Peru]] [[Category:Matucana|oreodoxa]]