Gymnocalycium stenopleurum

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Gymnocalycium stenopleurum
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Gymnocalycium stenopleurum

Systematics
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily : Cactoideae
Tribe : Trichocereeae
Genre : Gymnocalycium
Type : Gymnocalycium stenopleurum
Scientific name
Gymnocalycium stenopleurum
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Gymnocalycium stenopleurum is a species of plant in the genus Gymnocalycium from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Gymnocalycium stenopleurum grows individually with gray-green, flattened spherical to spherical shoots and reaches heights of up to 12 centimeters and more with diameters of 6 to 12 centimeters. The eight to 14 ribs are rounded. The needle-like to awl thorns are light to dark brown and somewhat twisted. Central spines are usually absent. The three to six radial spines are 0.7 to 4 inches long.

The white flowers reach a length of 5 to 7 centimeters. The gray-green fruits are up to 4 centimeters long and have a diameter of 1 centimeter.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Gymnocalycium stenopleurum is common in Paraguay and in eastern Bolivia at altitudes of up to 500 meters.

It was first described in 1979 by Friedrich Ritter .

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

Individual evidence

  1. Friedrich Ritter : Cacti in South America - Results of my 20 years of field research . tape 1 . Friedrich-Ritter-Selbstverlag, Spangenberg 1979, p. 265-266 .
  2. Gymnocalycium stenopleurum in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Listed by: Pin, A. & Oakley, L., 2010. Retrieved March 15, 2014.

Web links

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