Gymnocalycium carminanthum
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Gymnocalycium carminanthum is a species of plant in the genus Gymnocalycium from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Gymnocalycium carminanthum grows individually with cloudy blue-green or gray-green, flattened, spherical shoots sunk at the apex , which reach heights of up to 5.5 centimeters with a diameter of 10 centimeters. The six to eleven ribs are flattened with the exception of the apex and are angularly humped. The one or two central spines , which can also be missing, are strongly curved upwards and 0.8 to 1.5 centimeters long. The seven (rarely five to nine) reddish-brown, thick, awl and angular radial spines are paired together. The lowest radial spine is directed downwards and lies against the surface of the shoot. The radial spines are up to 2.5 inches long.
The bell-shaped, carmine-red flowers are up to 4.5 centimeters long and 6 centimeters in diameter. The olive-green fruits are pear-shaped, up to 1.5 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 1.1 centimeters.
Distribution and systematics
Gymnocalycium carminanthum is common in the Argentine province of Catamarca .
It was first described in 1976 by Hans Borth and Helmut Koop .
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 313 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cacti and other succulents . Volume 27, Number 4, 1976, pp. 73-75.
