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Maihuenia poeppigii

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Wikipedia Abstract

Maihuenia poepigii (Chilean: maihuén) is a succulent cactus shrub native to Chile and Argentina. This cactus is notable as it can tolerate moisture and cold. Its specific epithet poepigii commemorates Eduard Pöppig, a 19th-century German naturalist who explored South America.
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Predators

Spilococcus mamillariae (Cactus mealybug)[1]

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♦ 1Ben-Dov, Y., Miller, D.R. & Gibson, G.A.P. ScaleNet 4 November 2009
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0