Gymnocalycium stenopleurum
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Gymnocalycium |
Species: | G. stenopleurum
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Binomial name | |
Gymnocalycium stenopleurum F.Ritter 1979
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Gymnocalycium stenopleurum is a species of Gymnocalycium from Bolivia and Paraguay.[2]
Description
[edit]Gymnocalycium stenopleurum is a cactus species with gray-green, flattened, or spherical stems reaching up to 12 cm tall and 6–12 cm wide. It has 8–14 rounded ribs and 3–6 twisted, light to dark brown radial spines measuring 0.7–4 cm long, while central spines are typically absent. The plant produces white flowers 5–7 cm long and gray-green fruits up to 4 cm long and 1 cm wide.[3]
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Distribution
[edit]Native to Cerro León in Paraguay's Boquerón department and eastern Bolivia, it grows at altitudes of 10 to 500 meters.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]Friedrich Ritter first described the species in 1979.
References
[edit]- ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- ^ "Gymnocalycium stenopleurum F.Ritter". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs; Anderson, Edward F. (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 327–328. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- ^ "Gymnocalycium stenopleurum". LLIFLE. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2024-12-14.
External links
[edit]- Media related to Gymnocalycium friedrichii at Wikimedia Commons
- Data related to Gymnocalycium stenopleurum at Wikispecies