Acanthocalycium rhodotrichum
{{Short description|Species of cactus}}
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| image =Echinopsis rhodotricha K. Schumann in habitat.JPG
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|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
| taxon = Acanthocalycium rhodotrichum
| authority = (K.Schum.) Schlumpb. 2012
| synonyms ={{collapsible list |bullets=on
|Echinocactus forbesii {{small|Lehm. 1843}}
|Echinopsis chacoana {{small|Schütz 1949}}
|Echinopsis chacoana var. spinosior {{small|F.Ritter 1965}}
|Echinopsis forbesii {{small|A.Dietr. 1849}}
|Echinopsis klingleriana {{small|Cárdenas 1965}}
|Echinopsis meyeri {{small|Heese 1907}}
|Echinopsis minuana {{small|Speg. 1905}}
|Echinopsis pentlandii var. forbesii {{small|(A.Dietr.) Rud.Mey. 1897}}
|Echinopsis rhodotricha {{small|K.Schum.}}
|Echinopsis rhodotricha var. argentinensis {{small|Rud.Mey. 1911}}
|Echinopsis rhodotricha var. brevispina {{small|F.Ritter 1979}}
|Echinopsis rhodotricha subsp. chacoana {{small|(Schütz) P.J.Braun & Esteves 1995}}
|Echinopsis rhodotricha var. chacoana {{small|(Schütz) F.Ritter 1979}}
|Echinopsis rhodotricha var. robusta {{small|Rud.Mey. 1914}}
|Echinopsis rhodotricha var. roseiflora {{small|K.Schum. 1903}}
|Echinopsis rhodotricha var. spinosior {{small|(F.Ritter) F.Ritter 1979}}
|Echinopsis robinsoniana {{small|Werderm. in Repert. 1934}}
|Echinopsis spegazzinii {{small|K.Schum. ex Speg. 1905}}
|Echinopsis valida {{small|Monv. 1843}}
|Echinopsis valida var. forbesii {{small|Rud.Mey. 1895}}
|Trichocereus validus {{small|(Monv.) Backeb. 1955}}
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Acanthocalycium rhodotrichum is a species of Acanthocalycium found in Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay.{{cite web | title=Acanthocalycium rhodotrichum (K.Schum.) Schlumpb. - Plants of the World Online | website=Plants of the World Online | url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77122506-1 | access-date=2022-11-17}}
Description
Acanthocalycium rhodotrichum usually grows in groups with erect or ascending, cylindrical, dull green shoots that reach heights of {{cvt|30 to 80|cm}} with a diameter of up to {{cvt|12|cm}}. There are eight to 18 low ribs that are somewhat wavy. The areoles on it are {{cvt|1.5 to 2.5|cm}} apart. Yellowish thorns with a brown tip emerge from them. The single central spine, which can also be absent, is bent slightly upwards and is up to {{cvt|2|cm}} long. The spread and slightly curved four to eight radial spines are up to {{cvt|2|cm}} long. The funnel-shaped white flowers open at night. They grow up to {{cvt|15|cm}} long.{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | last3=Anderson | first3=Edward F. | title=Das große Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | page=241}}
Distribution
Acanthocalycium rhodotrichum is widespread in the Brazilian state of Mato Grosso do Sul, in Paraguay and in northeast Argentina at altitudes of up to 500 meters.{{cite web | title=Monatsschrift für Kakteenkunde | publisher=J. Neumann | volume=Bd.10 (1900) | date=1900 | url=https://www.biodiversitylibrary.org/page/14068062 | access-date=2023-09-17}}
Subspecies
Taxonomy
The first description as Echinopsis rhodotricha by Karl Moritz Schumann was published in 1900. Boris O. Schlumpberger placed the species in the genus Acanthocalycium in 2012.
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