Maihuenia

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Maihuenia
Maihuenia patagonica
Maihuenia patagonica
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Maihuenioideae
Genus: Maihuenia
(Phil. ex F.A.C.Weber) K.Schum.
Species
  • Maihuenia patagonica
  • Maihuenia poeppigii

Maihuenia is a genus of cactus (family Cactaceae) and the sole genus of the subfamily Maihuenioideae, which is the smallest subfamily of the Cactaceae. The genus comprises 2 cushion-forming, mucilaginous species. They are found at high elevation habitats of Andean Argentina and Chile.