Gymnocalycium denudatum is a species of Gymnocalycium from Brazil to Argentina.[2]
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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. denudatum
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| Gymnocalycium denudatum (Link & Otto) Pfeiff. ex Mittler 1845
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Description
editGymnocalycium denudatum is a solitary cactus with shiny, dark green, depressed spherical stems, 2–3 cm tall and 6–8 cm wide. It has 5–8 flat, minimally bumpy ribs with sparse areoles. Each areole bears 3–5 slightly twisted, whitish-yellow spines, 1–1.5 cm long, lying close to the stem. The plant produces pure white, glossy flowers up to 5 cm long and 7 cm wide, and elongated green fruits. The species is highly variable.[3][4]
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Areole and spine
Distribution
editNative to Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul), Uruguay, Argentina (Misiones, Corrientes), and likely Paraguay, it grows at altitudes up to 500 meters.[5]
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G. denudatum growing in Rio Grande do Sul
Taxonomy
editOriginally described as Echinocactus denudatus by Heinrich Friedrich Link and Christoph Friedrich Otto in 1828, Ludwig Mittler reassigned it to the genus Gymnocalycium in 1844. The epithet denudatum means "naked."
References
edit- ^ Assessment), João Larocca (Global Cactus (2010-09-22). "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2024-05-28.
- ^ "Gymnocalycium denudatum in Tropicos".
- ^ Vallicelli, Valentino (2013-08-04). "Gymnocalycium denudatum". LLIFLE. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
This article incorporates text from this source, which is available under the CC BY-SA 3.0 license.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs; Anderson, Edward F. (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 315. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- ^ "Gymnocalycium denudatum (Link & Otto) Pfeiff. ex Mittler". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-12-08.
External links
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Media related to Gymnocalycium denudatum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Gymnocalycium denudatum at Wikispecies
