Gymnocalycium capillense
{{Short description|Species of cactus}}
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| image = Succu Gymnocalycium capillaense 01.JPG
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| status = LC
| status_system = IUCN3.1
| genus = Gymnocalycium
| species = capillense
| authority = (Schick) Hosseus
| synonyms_ref = {{cite POWO |id=115369-2 |title=Gymnocalycium capillense (Schick) Hosseus |access-date=21 February 2024}}
| synonyms = {{Species list|hidden=yes|
Echinocactus capillensis| Schick|
Echinocactus sigelianus| Schick ex A.Berger|
Echinocactus sutterianus| Schick ex A.Berger|
Gymnocalycium capillense var. sigelianum| (Schick ex A.Berger) H.Till|
Gymnocalycium deeszianum| Dölz|
Gymnocalycium fischeri| Halda, Kupčák, Lukašik & Sladk.|
Gymnocalycium fischeri subsp. suyuquense| F.Berger|
Gymnocalycium miltii| Halda, Kupčák, Lukašik & Sladk.|
Gymnocalycium poeschlii subsp. dolezalii| Halda & Milt|
Gymnocalycium sigelianum| (Schick ex A.Berger) Hosseus|
Gymnocalycium sutterianum| (Schick ex A.Berger) Hosseus|
Gymnocalycium sutterianum subsp. arachnispinum| Řepka|
Gymnocalycium sutterianum subsp. dolezalii (Halda & Milt)| Řepka
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Gymnocalycium capillense is a species of Gymnocalycium cactus from Argentina.
Description
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.{{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=313}}
Distribution
Gymnocalycium capillense is widespread in the Argentine province of Córdoba and grows at altitudes of 500 to 1500 meters.
Taxonomy
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
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External links
- {{Commons category-inline|Gymnocalycium capillense|Gymnocalycium capillense}}
- {{Wikispecies-inline|Gymnocalycium capillense|Gymnocalycium capillense}}
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