Gymnocalycium spegazzinii

Species of cactus

Gymnocalycium spegazzinii

Conservation status

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]

Scientific classification
Kingdom:  | Plantae
Clade:  | Tracheophytes
Clade:  | Angiosperms
Clade:  | Eudicots
Order:  | Caryophyllales
Family:  | Cactaceae
Subfamily:  | Cactoideae
Genus:  | Gymnocalycium
Species:  |

G. spegazzinii

Binomial name
Gymnocalycium spegazzinii

Britton & Rose 1922

Synonyms

* Echinocactus loricatus Speg. 1905
* Gymnocalycium loricatum Speg. 1925

Gymnocalycium spegazzinii is a species of Gymnocalycium from Argentina and Bolivia[2] named after the botanist C. L. Spegazzini.

## Description[edit]

Gymnocalycium spegazzinii grows individually with gray-green to brown, flattened, spherical shoots and reaches heights of 6 to 12 centimeters with diameters of 10 to 14 centimeters. The ten to 15 (rarely up to 30) low, broad ribs are slightly notched between the areoles. There are up to two central spines, which may also be missing. The three to seven stiff marginal thorns, first bent outwards and then inwards towards the shoot surface, are brown or light ocher and 2 to 5.5 centimeters long.

The funnel-shaped, white or light pink flowers have a slightly purple-pink throat. They reach a length of up to 7 centimeters and a diameter of 5 centimeters. The fruits are club-shaped to elongated.[3]

* Spines

* Plant

## Subspecies[edit]

Accepted subspecies:

Image | Scientific name | Distribution

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| Gymnocalycium spegazzinii subsp. cardenasianum (F.Ritter) R.Kiesling & Metzing | Bolivia
| Gymnocalycium spegazzinii subsp. spegazzinii | Argentina

## Distribution[edit]

Gymnocalycium spegazzinii is widespread in northern Argentina and Bolivia at altitudes of 1500 to 3000 meters.

## Taxonomy[edit]

The first description was made in 1922 by Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose.[4]

## References[edit]

1. ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2023-12-08.
2. ^ "Gymnocalycium spegazzinii in Tropicos".
3. ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 327\. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
4. ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.

## External links[edit]

* Media related to Gymnocalycium spegazzinii at Wikimedia Commons
* Data related to Gymnocalycium spegazzinii at Wikispecies

Taxon identifiers|

* Wikidata: Q310101
* Wikispecies: Gymnocalycium spegazzinii
* CoL: 3HQTL
* EoL: 5190877
* FNA: 242431447
* GBIF: 7282246
* iNaturalist: 438979
* IPNI: 115497-2
* ITIS: 907314
* IUCN: 152523
* NCBI: 946348
* Open Tree of Life: 951383
* Plant List: kew-2835842
* POWO: urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:115497-2
* Species+: 27500
* Tropicos: 50100291
* WFO: wfo-0000712678

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