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Matucana charlesiorum, La Libertad, PE (c) Wilson Alexander Arteaga Mejía, some rights reserved (CC BY) · observed growing wild · 2025-01-27

Matucana charlesiorum Hoxey

Cactaceae

No habitat climate 2 photographs Cactus or succulent
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Summary

Matucana charlesiorum is a species of Matucana found in Peru.

Text from Wikipedia, “Matucana charlesiorum”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written. Kept separate from everything derived here.

About the genus · Matucana

Matucana is a genus of cacti, containing approximately 20 species of mostly globular plants. The genus is known only from Peru, mostly along the Marañón River.

Text from Wikipedia, “Matucana”, CC BY-SA 4.0, quoted as written.

Family
Cactaceae
Described by
Hoxey
Native to
Peru
Wild records
1 in range· 1 open

Cultivation

Grouped as a cactus or succulent by the genus Matucana, which is reliably one kind of plant (archetype table). The table holds no figure for this group, which spans too much for one minimum, and no habitat climate is derived yet; no cold floor is given, and no prose comes from the table.

Nothing derived: no habitat climate for this species, and the archetype table has no figure for its genus or family.

Climate across the habitat

No habitat climate can be derived: 1 in-range record, none placed to within 10 km.

Natural habitat

Native range as published by WCVP.
Openly licensed records inside the range, framed on where they fall.
NativePeru
Kew's description“succulent subshrub” · “montane tropical”· quoted from WCVP, RBG Kew (CC BY 4.0); not derived here
Evidence usedThe map marker rests on all 1 georeferenced record inside the native range, all openly licensed and shown on the map. Under a dozen records: treat the map as indicative. No climate envelope is derived for this species. 1 in-range record is placed to worse than 10 km and stays on the map but off the climate.

Photographs

Matucana charlesiorum

Photographs: Wilson Alexander Arteaga Mejía, CC BY, iNaturalist via GBIF.

Photographs: iNaturalist did not answer when this page was built; what is shown came from the sources that did.

Papers naming this species

Works whose title or abstract names Matucana charlesiorum, most cited first, from OpenAlex (CC0). A mention, not a cultivation source: nothing on this page is drawn from them.

Occurrence Download
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Other Matucana 20 in the reference

Matucana aurantiaca Cactaceae Matucana aureiflora Cactaceae
Matucana chrysacantha Cactaceae Matucana formosa Cactaceae
Matucana gigantea Cactaceae Matucana haynii Cactaceae
Matucana hoxeyi Cactaceae
Matucana huagalensis Cactaceae Matucana intertexta Cactaceae
Matucana klopfensteinii Cactaceae Matucana krahnii Cactaceae Matucana madisoniorum Cactaceae all 21 ›

History & registers

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gbif.species answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (offline re-derivation; the backbone was not asked)
gbif.synonyms answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (offline re-derivation; the backbone was not asked)
gbif.vernacular answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (offline re-derivation; the backbone was not asked)
wcvp.distribution answered
gbif.occurrences answeredGBIF occurrence download https://doi.org/10.15468/dl.3h4zam
climate nothing to report
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wikipedia answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19; this build: skipped
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inat.photos.wild answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19; this build: skipped
inat.photos.cultivated nothing to reportcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive); that build: carried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive)
commons nothing to reportcarried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive); that build: carried from build of 2026-09-19 (rederive)
gbif.media answered
openalex answeredcarried from build of 2026-09-19; this build: skipped

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