Gymnocalycium neuhuberi

Gymnocalycium neuhuberi
	Gymnocalycium neuhuberi
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Trichocereeae
Genre :	Gymnocalycium
Type :	Gymnocalycium neuhuberi
Scientific name
	Gymnocalycium neuhuberi
	H. Till & W. Till

Gymnocalycium neuhuberi is a species of plant in the genus Gymnocalycium from the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet honors the Austrian cactus collector Gert Neuhuber (* 1937).

description

Gymnocalycium neuhuberi grows individually with gray-green, flattened, spherical shoots that reach heights of up to 4.8 centimeters with a diameter of 7 centimeters. The nine to twelve wavy ribs are conspicuously divided into humps. The circular to oval areoles on it are bare. The needle-shaped, stiff, straight to slightly curved thorns are yellowish. The central spines, initially only a single one, later there are four, are crossed. Most of the nine radial spines are 1.5 to 2 centimeters long. The top two pairs are shorter and only measure 1.2 centimeters.

The funnel-shaped pale purple flowers are 2.7 to 3.6 centimeters long and 2.6 to 3.4 centimeters in diameter. The obovate fruits are dark green and reach a diameter of 1 to 1.2 centimeters and a length of 1.5 to 1.8 centimeters.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Gymnocalycium neuhuberi is widespread in the Argentine province of San Luis at altitudes of 1300 meters.

It was first described in 1992 by Hans and Walter Till .

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

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 321 .

Individual evidence

↑ Detlef Metzing: Naked thistle and spider cactus The genus Gymnocalycium . Special edition of the Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft eV, 2012, p. 123.
^ Gymnocalycium . Volume 5, Number 1, 1992, pp. 59-60.
↑ Gymnocalycium neuhuberi in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Demaio, P., Perea, M. & Trevisson, M., 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2014.

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[1] Detlef Metzing: Naked thistle and spider cactus The genus Gymnocalycium . Special edition of the Deutsche Kakteen-Gesellschaft eV, 2012, p. 123.

[2] Gymnocalycium . Volume 5, Number 1, 1992, pp. 59-60.

[3] Gymnocalycium neuhuberi in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Demaio, P., Perea, M. & Trevisson, M., 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2014.