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Maihueniopsis conoidea; photograph Jorge Muñoz Camadro, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons CC BYJorge Muñoz Camadro, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons

Maihueniopsis conoidea (F.Ritter) F.Ritter

Cactaceae · Chile North · listed by its family as a cactus or succulent

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Maihueniopsis conoidea, photograph Rodrigo Castillo Tapia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsMaihueniopsis conoidea, photograph Rodrigo Castillo Tapia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsMaihueniopsis conoidea, photograph Rodrigo Castillo Tapia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsMaihueniopsis conoidea, photograph Rodrigo Castillo Tapia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsMaihueniopsis conoidea, photograph Rodrigo Castillo Tapia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia CommonsMaihueniopsis conoidea, photograph Rodrigo Castillo Tapia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons 8 photographs ›

About the genus · Maihueniopsis

Maihueniopsis is a genus of the cactus family (Cactaceae), containing 18 species.

Quoted from Wikipedia, "Maihueniopsis", CC BY-SA 4.0.

Cultivation

Grouped as a cactus or succulent, listed under the family Cactaceae in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “succulent subshrub”.

Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so no sheet is derived.
How this section is made

Each card states this species' habitat figures with their sources, and what two fixed rules read from them; nothing here says what the plant does, wants or tolerates. The rules · the terms.

Group. Listed under the family Cactaceae in the archetype table, and Kew describes it as “succulent subshrub”. A group is taken only where Kew's description of the species agrees with the table's listing. The table gives no figure and no prose; the cold floor is the habitat's alone.

Climate across the habitat

Not checked. GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the habitat climate is read only from them, so none is derived here. This is not a statement that no climate exists.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Records not checked: GBIF's records were not asked, as said under the name.
NativeChile North · regions are the level-3 units of the World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, as Kew's World Checklist records ranges, some under historical names such as Yugoslavia or Czechoslovakia (how).
Kew's description“succulent subshrub” · “montane tropical” · quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedGBIF's records not checked, as said under the name: so there are no points on the map, no map marker and no climate across the range; the range is Kew's. Not a statement that no record exists.

Photographs

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Photographs: Rodrigo Castillo Tapia, CC BY 4.0, via Wikimedia Commons (6).

Similar habitat climate Not checked: GBIF's records were not asked (why, under the name), and the nearest habitat climates are read from the climate they give.

Other Maihueniopsis 18 in the reference

Maihueniopsis archiconoidea Maihueniopsis archiconoidea Cactaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, don chululoMaihueniopsis atacamensis Maihueniopsis atacamensis Cactaceae Photo: CC0, author not statedMaihueniopsis camachoi Maihueniopsis camachoi Cactaceae Photo: CC BY, Nolan ExeMaihueniopsis colorea Maihueniopsis colorea Cactaceae Photo: CC BY, Álvaro Parra ValdiviaMaihueniopsis crassispina Maihueniopsis crassispina Cactaceae Photo: CC BY, Darío De la FuenteMaihueniopsis darwinii Maihueniopsis darwinii Cactaceae Photo: CC0, author not statedMaihueniopsis domeykoensis Maihueniopsis domeykoensis Cactaceae Photo: CC0, author not statedMaihueniopsis glochidiata Maihueniopsis glochidiata Cactaceae Photo: CC BY, Simón Pla GarcíaMaihueniopsis glomerata Maihueniopsis glomerata Cactaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, Bruno AlzugarayMaihueniopsis grandiflora Maihueniopsis grandiflora Cactaceae Photo: CC BY, Norbert SarnesMaihueniopsis hickenii Maihueniopsis hickenii Cactaceae Photo: CC BY, Valentín AlfanoMaihueniopsis leoncito Maihueniopsis leoncito Cactaceae Photo: CC BY-SA, don chululo all 19 ›

Names & registers

Also known as Opuntia conoidea; Tephrocactus conoideus; Opuntia tarapacana; Tephrocactus tarapacanus; Maihueniopsis tarapacana and 1 more. (WCVP, RBG Kew)

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The record

Family
Cactaceae
Described by
(F.Ritter) F.Ritter
Native to
Chile North
Records
not checked · GBIF's records were not asked: the page has no GBIF key

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Where this page came from built 2026-10-22
Kew's names (WCVP) kew.names answeredas of 2026-06-04Kew's entry Maihueniopsis conoidea (F.Ritter) F.Ritter (plant_name_id 2360440), read from Kew's names file
GBIF species record gbif.species not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF synonyms gbif.synonyms not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF common names gbif.vernacular not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
GBIF occurrence records gbif.occurrences not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
WCVP native range wcvp.distribution answeredas of 2026-06-04
Habitat climate climate not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked, and the habitat climate is read only from them
Wikidata wikidata answeredasked 2026-10-22found by Kew's IPNI identifier 908110-1, POWO 908110-1
Wikipedia wikipedia nothing to reportasked 2026-10-22
iNaturalist photographs, wild inat.photos.wild not asked
iNaturalist photographs, cultivated inat.photos.cultivated not asked
GBIF media gbif.media not askedGBIF's backbone holds no one accepted species of this name, and a name it holds only as another species' synonym is not taken for this one, so GBIF's records were not asked
Wikimedia Commons commons answeredasked 2026-10-22
OpenAlex papers openalex not askednot yet asked for this reference; a later fill takes the papers from OpenAlex's snapshot

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