Gymnocalycium capillense is a species of Gymnocalycium cactus from Argentina.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Gymnocalycium |
| Species: | G. capillense
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| Gymnocalycium capillense (Schick) Hosseus
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Description edit
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.[3]
Distribution edit
Gymnocalycium capillense is widespread in the Argentine province of Córdoba and grows at altitudes of 500 to 1500 meters.
Taxonomy edit
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 edit
- ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2023-12-13.
- ^ "Gymnocalycium capillense (Schick) Hosseus". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 21 February 2024.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 313. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
External links edit
Media related to Gymnocalycium capillense at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Gymnocalycium capillense at Wikispecies
