Maihuenia

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Maihuenioideae
Genus:
Species: M. patagonica – M. poeppigii

Maihuenia (Phil. ex F.A.C.Weber) K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt. 754 (1898).

• Type species: Maihuenia poeppigii (Otto ex Pfeiff.) Phil. ex K.Schum., vide Britton & Rose (1919)

• Basionym
  • Pereskia subg. Maihuenia Phil. ex F.A.C.Weber in Bois, Dict. Hort. 2: 938 (1898).
• Homotypic
  • Maihuenia Phil., Gartenflora 32: 260 (1883), nom. nud.
  • Cactus sect. Maihuenia (Phil. ex F.A.C.Weber) Kuntze in Post & Kuntze, Lex. Gen. Phan. 87 (1903).
  • Opuntia [infragen.unranked] Etuberculatae Salm-Dyck, Cact. Hort. Dyck. 1844: 49 (1845).

• Schumann, K.M. 1897–1898. Gesamtbeschreibung der Kakteen (Monographia Cactacearum) ... Neudamm. 832 pp. BHL Reference page. 
• Philippi, R.A. 1883. Opuntia Poeppigii und O. Segethi Philippi. Gartenflora 32: 259–261. BHL Reference page.  Has priority due to earlier publication. Name should be reverted to Maihuenia Phil., Gartenflora 260. (1883), as there is no nom. cons.

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1919. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 1. 236 pp. + 38 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 1: 40.
• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Maihuenia in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 8. Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Maihuenia in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Maihuenia. Published online. Accessed: Nov. 4 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Maihuenia. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 4 Nov. 2021. Reference page.
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Maihuenia in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 09-Oct-10.

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