Gymnocalycium kieslingii
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Gymnocalycium kieslingii is a species of plant in the genus Gymnocalycium from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the Argentine botanist and cactus specialist Roberto Kiesling (* 1941).
description
Gymnocalycium kieslingii grows individually with gray-green, flattened to depressed spherical shoots , which reach heights of up to 2 centimeters with a diameter of 6 to 9 centimeters. The twelve (rarely 9 to 13) low ribs are rounded and divided into cusps by distinct furrows. The five to nine slightly curved, whitish thorns are pink at their base. They lie on the shoot surface and are 5 to 8 millimeters long.
The bell-shaped to funnel-shaped, white flowers reach a length of up to 6 centimeters and a diameter of 5 to 6 centimeters. The spindle-shaped fruits are up to 3.5 centimeters long and have a diameter of 1 centimeter.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Gymnocalycium kieslingii is distributed in the Argentine province of La Rioja at altitudes of 500 to 1500 meters.
It was first described in 1985 by Omar Ferrari .
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. 318 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 126.
- ^ Cactus and Succulent Journal . Volume 57, Number 6, 1985, pp. 244-246.
- ↑ Gymnocalycium kieslingii in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Demaio, P., Perea, M. & Trevisson, M., 2010. Retrieved March 13, 2014.