Gymnocalycium alboareolatum

Gymnocalycium alboareolatum
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Gymnocalycium
Type :	Gymnocalycium alboareolatum
Scientific name
	Gymnocalycium alboareolatum
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Gymnocalycium alboareolatum is a species of plant in the genus Gymnocalycium from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet alboareolatum is derived from the Latin words albus for 'white' and areolatus for 'with areoles'.

description

Gymnocalycium alboareolatum grows individually with flattened, spherical, glaucous shoots and reaches a diameter of up to 6 centimeters. A large taproot is formed. The nine to eleven ribs are straight and have clear, up to 1 centimeter long, chin-like protrusions. Central spines are absent. The six to seven brown radial spines bent towards the plant body are stiff and up to 1 centimeter long.

The silver-white flowers reach a length of up to 6.5 centimeters and have a diameter of 4.5 centimeters. The blue-green fruits are egg to club-shaped and 2.5 to 3 centimeters long.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Gymnocalycium alboareolatum is widespread in the Argentine province of La Rioja at altitudes of 1000 to 1500 meters.

It was first described in 1985 by Walter Rausch .

In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Critically Endangered (CR) ", d. H. listed as critically endangered.

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literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 309 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 6.
↑ Walter Rausch: Nieuwbeschryving: Gymnocalycium alboareolatum Rausch spec. nov. In: Succulenta . Volume 64, Number 10, 1985, pp. 213-214.
↑ Gymnocalycium albiareolatum in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Demaio, P., Trevisson, M. & Perea, M., 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2014.

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 6.

[2] Walter Rausch: Nieuwbeschryving: Gymnocalycium alboareolatum Rausch spec. nov. In: Succulenta . Volume 64, Number 10, 1985, pp. 213-214.

[3] Gymnocalycium albiareolatum in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Demaio, P., Trevisson, M. & Perea, M., 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2014.