Maihuenia

Maihuenia is a small genus of South-American mat forming primitive cacti that find themselves the only members in the Maihuenioideae subfamily. There are only 2 species that are distributed from the southern Andes to Patagonia. Species and varieties Maihuenia patagonica Maihuenia poeppigii (Chupa Sangre, Espina del Guanaco) Maihuenia albolanata synonym of Maihuenia patagonica Maihuenia andicola synonym of Maihuenia patagonica Maihuenia brachydelphys synonym of Maihuenia patagonica Maihuenia cumulata synonym of Maihuenia patagonica Maihuenia latispina synonym of Maihuenia patagonica Maihuenia philippii synonym of Maihuenia poeppigii (Chupa Sangre, Espina del Guanaco) Maihuenia tehuelches synonym of Maihuenia patagonica Maihuenia valentini synonym of Maihuenia patagonica Maihuenia valentinii synonym of Maihuenia patagonica

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