Misplaced Pages

Gymnocalycium mostii

Article snapshot taken from Wikipedia with creative commons attribution-sharealike license. Give it a read and then ask your questions in the chat. We can research this topic together.
Species of cactus

Gymnocalycium mostii
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. mostii
Binomial name
Gymnocalycium mostii
(Max Gürke) Nathaniel Lord Britton & Joseph Nelson Rose 1918
Synonyms
List
    • Echinocactus mostii Gürke 1906
    • Echinocactus centeterius Lehm. ex Pfeiff. 1837
    • Echinocactus centeterius var. major Lem. & Monv. 1839
    • Echinocactus centeterius f. pachycentrus (Lehm. ex Pfeiff.) Schelle 1926
    • Echinocactus centeterius var. pachycentrus (Lehm. ex Pfeiff.) Salm-Dyck 1850
    • Echinocactus kurtzianus Gürke 1906
    • Echinocactus pachycentrus Lehm. ex Pfeiff. 1837
    • Gymnocalycium bicolor (Řepka) V.Gapon 2021
    • Gymnocalycium bicolor Schütz 1962
    • Gymnocalycium bicolor subsp. simplex (Řepka) V.Gapon 2021
    • Gymnocalycium centeterium (Lehm. ex Pfeiff.) Hosseus 1926
    • Gymnocalycium immemoratum A.Cast. & H.V.Lelong 1939
    • Gymnocalycium kurtzianum (Gürke) Britton & Rose 1922
    • Gymnocalycium mostii subsp. bicolor Řepka 2014
    • Gymnocalycium mostii var. immemoratum (A.Cast. & H.V.Lelong) H.Till & Amerh. 2002
    • Gymnocalycium mostii var. kurtzianum (Gürke) Backeb. 1936
    • Gymnocalycium mostii f. kurtzianum (Gürke) H.Till & Amerh. 2002
    • Gymnocalycium mostii var. miradorense H.Till & Amerh. 2002
    • Gymnocalycium mostii subsp. prochazkanum (Šorma) G.J.Charles 2013
    • Gymnocalycium mostii subsp. valnicekianum (Jajó) Mereg. & G.J.Charles 2008
    • Gymnocalycium prochazkanum Šorma 1999
    • Gymnocalycium prochazkanum subsp. ivoi Halda & Milt 2006
    • Gymnocalycium prochazkanum subsp. simile Řepka 2013
    • Gymnocalycium prochazkanum subsp. simplex Řepka 2013
    • Gymnocalycium tobuschianum Schick-Freib. 1953
    • Gymnocalycium valnicekianum Jajó 1934
    • Gymnocalycium valnicekianum var. bicolor H.Till & Amerh. 2002
    • Gymnocalycium valnicekianum subsp. prochazkanum (Šorma) H.Till & Amerh. 2002
    • Neoporteria centeteria (Lehm. ex Pfeiff.) G.D.Rowley 1986
    • Pyrrhocactus centeterius (Lehm. ex Pfeiff.) A.Berger 1929
    • Uebelmannia centeteria (Lehm. ex Pfeiff.) Schnabel 1971

Gymnocalycium mostii is a species of Gymnocalycium from Argentina.

Description

Gymnocalycium mostii is a solitary cactus with dark green, flattened spherical stems, growing 6–7 cm tall and up to 13 cm in diameter (occasionally up to 20 cm). It has 11–14 deeply notched ribs divided into humps. The strong, curved spines are yellowish-brown with darker tips, aging to gray. There are 1–2 central spines up to 2 cm long (rarely 3 cm) and 7–11 radial spines ranging from 0.6 to 2.2 cm. The flowers are pink to white, sometimes with a darker throat, and measure up to 8 cm in length and diameter. The egg-shaped fruits are slate to blue-green, up to 1.5 cm in diameter and 2 cm long.

  • Plant Plant
  • Buds Buds
  • Flower Flower

Distribution

Native to the Sierras de Córdoba in Argentina's Córdoba province, it grows in grasslands at elevations of 500 to 1500 meters.

Taxonomy

First described as Echinocactus mostii by Max Gürke in 1906, the species was renamed by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose in 1918. Its name honors Argentine plant collector Carlos Most.

References

  1. "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
  2. Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs; Anderson, Edward F. (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 320-321. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  3. "Gymnocalycium mostii". LLIFLE. 2013-08-04. Retrieved 2024-12-08. This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
  4. "Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde". J. Neumann. 1906. Retrieved 2024-12-08.

External links

Taxon identifiers
Gymnocalycium mostii
Echinocactus mostii
Categories: