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Gymnocalycium capillense

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Species of cactus

Gymnocalycium capillense
Conservation status

Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Gymnocalycium
Species: G. capillense
Binomial name
Gymnocalycium capillense
(Schick) Hosseus
Synonyms
List
  • Echinocactus capillensis Schick
  • Echinocactus sigelianus Schick ex A.Berger
  • Echinocactus sutterianus Schick ex A.Berger
  • Gymnocalycium capillense var. sigelianum (Schick ex A.Berger) H.Till
  • Gymnocalycium deeszianum Dölz
  • Gymnocalycium fischeri Halda, Kupčák, Lukašik & Sladk.
  • Gymnocalycium fischeri subsp. suyuquense F.Berger
  • Gymnocalycium miltii Halda, Kupčák, Lukašik & Sladk.
  • Gymnocalycium poeschlii subsp. dolezalii Halda & Milt
  • Gymnocalycium sigelianum (Schick ex A.Berger) Hosseus
  • Gymnocalycium sutterianum (Schick ex A.Berger) Hosseus
  • Gymnocalycium sutterianum subsp. arachnispinum Řepka
  • Gymnocalycium sutterianum subsp. dolezalii (Halda & Milt) Řepka

Gymnocalycium capillense is a species of Gymnocalycium cactus from Argentina.

Description

Gymnocalycium capillense has a dull blue-green, broad-spherical plant body that reaches heights and diameters of up to 8 centimeters and produces numerous children. It has up to 13, more or less flat ribs that have low chin-like projections between the depressed areoles. The approximately 5 marginal spines are yellowish to white and up to 1.2 centimeters long.

The delicate pink-white flowers are up to 7 centimeters long and up to 6 centimeters in diameter. The club-shaped fruits have a bluish frost.

Distribution

Gymnocalycium capillense is widespread in the Argentine province of Córdoba and grows at altitudes of 500 to 1500 meters.

Taxonomy

The first description as Echinocactus capillensis was published in 1923 by Carl Schick. The specific epithet capillense refers to the occurrence of the species near Capilla del Monte. Carl Curt Hosseus placed the species in the genus Gymnocalycium in 1926.

References

  1. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
  2. "Gymnocalycium capillense (Schick) Hosseus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
  3. Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 313. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.

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Taxon identifiers
Gymnocalycium capillense
Echinocactus capillaense
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