Gymnocalycium anisitsii
{{Short description|Species of cactus}}
{{Speciesbox
|image =Gymnocalycium anisitsii - pink flower.jpg
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|status = LC
|status_system = IUCN3.1
|genus = Gymnocalycium
|species = anisitsii
|authority = (K.Schumann) Britton & Rose, 1922
|synonyms =
- Gymnocalycium damsii (K. Sch.) Br et R.
- Gymnocalycium griseopallidum Backeb.
- Gymnocalycium joossensianum (Boed.) Br. et R.
}}
Gymnocalycium anisitsii is a globular cactus belonging to the family Cactaceae. The specific epithet honors the Hungarian pharmacist Dániel Anisits J. (1856-1911).
Description
Gymnocalycium anisitsii can be solitary or slowly clustering with light green, often reddish or purple-tinged, spherical to short columnar shoots. It reaches a diameter of 8–15 cm and a height of about 10 cm. Sometimes a central spine is present, but it is usually absent. The eight to eleven ribs have pointed humps. Sometimes a central spine is present, but usually it is absent. The 5-7 spines are yellowish to brownish, slender, twisted and 1–6 cm long. The flowers are white to pink, funnel-shaped, up to 4 inches long. The red fruits are long and cylindrical, up to 2.5 cm long with a diameter of 1 cm.{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | title=Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | page=311}}
File:Gymnocalycium anisitsii 2018-05-04 0423.jpg|Flower
File:Gymnocalycium anisitsii - pink flower.jpg|An example of Gymnocalycium anisitsii in bloom.
Subspecies
Accepted subspecies:
| class="wikitable" | ||
| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. anisitsii | Bolivia to Paraguay | |
| 120px | Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. damsii {{small|(K.Schum.) G.J.Charles}} | Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul) |
Distribution
Taxonomy
The first description as Echinocactus anisitsii was made in 1900 by Karl Moritz Schumann. The specific epithet anisitsii honors the Hungarian pharmacist Dániel J. Anisits (1856–1911), who supplied Karl Moritz Schumann with cacti. Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed the species in the genus Gymnocalycium in 1922.{{cite book | last=Britton | first=Nathaniel Lord | last2=Eaton | first2=Mary E. | last3=Rose | first3=J. N. | last4=Wood | first4=Helen Adelaide | title=The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family | publisher=Carnegie Institution of Washington | publication-place=Washington | year=1919 | doi=10.5962/bhl.title.46288 | page=}}
File:Gymnocalycium anisitsii BlKakteenT83.jpg|Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. anisitsii. Illustration from Blühende Kakteen - Iconographia Cactacearum (1904)
References
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Gymnocalycium anisitsii|Gymnocalycium anisitsii}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Gymnocalycium anisitsii|Gymnocalycium anisitsii}}
- [https://www.biolib.cz/en/taxon/id282930/ Biolib]
- [http://www.cactus-art.biz/schede/GYMNOCALYCIUM/Gymnocalycium_damsii/Gymnocalycium_damsii_tucavocense/gymnocalycium_anisitsii_damsii.htm Cactus-art]
- [http://www.desert-tropicals.com/Plants/Cactaceae/Gymnocalycium_damsirot.html Desert-tropicals]
- Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Birkhäuser 2004
- N. L. Britton, J. N. Rose: The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Band III, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1922
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