Gymnocalycium terweemeanum
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Gymnocalycium terweemeanum is a species of plant in the genus Gymnocalycium from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Gymnocalycium terweemeanum usually grows individually with dark green, spherical shoots and reaches a diameter of up to 7 centimeters. The eight to nine low ribs are rounded. Central spines are usually absent. The five to seven radial spines are up to 2 inches long.
The white or pink flowers reach a length of up to 5 centimeters. The green fruits are egg-shaped.
The species is not well known.
Distribution and systematics
Gymnocalycium terweemeanum is common in the Argentine province of Mendoza .
It was first described as Echinocactus platensis var. Terweemeanus in 1930 by A. Teucq and GD Duursma . Wolfgang Borgmann and Jörg Piltz placed the species in 1997 in the genus Gymnocalycium .
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 328 .