Matucana borchersii


Matucana borchersii is a species of cacti, originating from Peru

Description

Matucana borchersii grows individually or forms groups with shoots that reach heights of with diameters of. There are 12 to 30 ribs. The brown areoles are elongated. The yellowish to reddish brown, long spines are difficult to distinguish between central and peripheral spines. There are 1 to 3 central spines and 25 to 30 thin, needle-like to bristle-like, comb-shaped radial spines.
The yellow to greenish yellow flowers are up to long and reach a diameter of. The club-shaped fruits are yellow-green and up to long.

Distribution

Matucana borchersii is widespread in the Ancash region of Peru in the Cordillera Blanca and the Cordillera Negra at altitudes of 3900 to 4300 meters.

Taxonomy

The first description as Echinocactus borchersii was published in 1933 by Friedrich Bödeker. Curt Backeberg placed the species in the genus Oroya in 1958.