Gymnocalycium erinaceum
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Gymnocalycium erinaceum is a species of plant in the genus Gymnocalycium from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Gymnocalycium erinaceum grows individually with gray-green to brownish-green, glaucous , flattened spherical to spherical shoots that reach heights of up to 5 centimeters with a diameter of 5.5 centimeters. There are twelve ribs . The initially dark brown thorns later turn grayish white. Its tip and base are darker. The one or two central spines are up to 1 centimeter long. The seven to nine radial spines have a length of 6 to 8 millimeters. One radial mandrel is directed downwards, the others are arranged in pairs and point sideways.
The funnel-shaped white flowers are up to 5.5 centimeters long and 4.8 centimeters in diameter. The bluish fruits are spindle-shaped, up to 1.6 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 1.3 centimeters.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Gymnocalycium erinaceum is distributed in the Argentine provinces of Córdoba and Santiago at altitudes of 500 to 1500 meters.
It was first described in 1985 by Jacques G. Lambert .
In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 315 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Succulenta . Volume 64, Number 3, 1985, pp. 64-66.
- ↑ Gymnocalycium erinaceum in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Demaio, P. & Trevisson, M., 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2014.
