Parodia crassigibba

{{Short description|Species of plant in the genus Parodia}}

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|image_caption=Yellow-flowered morph

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|image2_caption=Purple-flowered morph

|genus=Parodia

|species=crassigibba

|authority=(F.Ritter) N.P.Taylor

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  • Notocactus arachnitis F.Ritter
  • Notocactus arachnitis f. darilhoensis N.Gerloff
  • Notocactus arachnitis var. minor F.Ritter
  • Notocactus arachnitis f. minor (F.Ritter) N.Gerloff & Neduchal
  • Notocactus crassigibbus F.Ritter
  • Notocactus meonacanthus Prestlé
  • Notocactus uebelmannianus Buining
  • Notocactus uebelmannianus f. flaviflorus N.Gerloff & Königs
  • Notocactus uebelmannianus f. gilviflorus Königs & N.Gerloff
  • Notocactus uebelmannianus var. nilsonii Königs
  • Notocactus uebelmannianus f. nilsonii (Königs) N.Gerloff & Neduchal
  • Notocactus uebelmannianus subsp. pleiocephalus (N.Gerloff & Königs) Lodé
  • Notocactus uebelmannianus var. pleiocephalus N.Gerloff & Königs
  • Parodia meonacantha (Prestlé) Hofacker
  • Parodia uebelmanniana F.Ritter
  • Parodia werneri Hofacker
  • Parodia werneri subsp. pleiocephala (N.Gerloff & Königs) Hofacker
  • Ritterocactus crassigibbus (F.Ritter) Doweld
  • Ritterocactus meonacanthus (Prestlé) Doweld
  • Ritterocactus uebelmannianus (Buining) Doweld
  • Ritterocactus uebelmannianus subsp. pleiocephalus (N.Gerloff & Königs) Doweld

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Parodia crassigibba, the green tomato cactus, is a species of cactus in the genus Parodia, native to Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:282131-2 |title=Parodia crassigibba (F.Ritter) N.P.Taylor |author= |date=2017 |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=29 March 2021 }}{{cite web |url=https://garden.org/plants/view/118756/Parodia-Parodia-crassigibba |title=Parodia (Parodia crassigibba) |author= |date=2021 |website=Plants Database |publisher=National Gardening Association |access-date=29 March 2021 }} It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a houseplant.{{cite web |title=Parodia crassigibba |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/119923/i-Parodia-crassigibba-i/Details |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=29 March 2021 }}

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