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Gymnocalycium Piltziorum
''Gymnocalycium'', commonly called chin cactus, is a genus of about 70 South American species of cactus. The genus name ''Gymnocalycium'' (from Greek, "naked calyx") refers to the flower buds bearing no hair or spines. In a 2023 classification of the tribe Cereeae, it was placed as the only genus in the subtribe Gymnocalyciinae, having formerly been placed in the subtribe Rebutiinae. Description The species of the genus ''Gymnocalycium'' are low-growing, usually solitary or sometimes small cushion-forming plants with globose, depressed-globular to short-cylindrical stems. The 4 to 15 (rarely more) ribs are usually broadly rounded, often sinuous, occasionally warty, and often have a "chin" just below the areoles. The thorns are very variable. The diurnal, funnel- or bell-shaped flowers appear at or near the apex. They are white or pink, sometimes yellow or bright red. The flower cup and the corolla are covered with a few large, broad and obtuse scales that have membranous edges. T ...
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Gymnocalycium Baldianium
''Gymnocalycium baldianum'', the spider-cactus or dwarf chin cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to the Catamarca Province in Argentina. Description It is a globose cactus, spherical or a little flat, with a diameter up to 8 cm, dark gray-green to blue-green in color, or sometimes brown, depressed, spherical shoots and reaches heights of 4 to 10 centimeters with diameters of 6 to 7 centimeters. It has 8 to 10 ribs with tubercle-shaped areoles, covered in groups of 6 to 8 pale grey, curved Thorns, spines, and prickles, spines, giving to the species its common name of spider-cactus. Like many cacti, it does not divide but may form offsets after some years. There are no central spines. The five to seven gray or brown marginal thorns are thin, lie on the surface of the shoot and are up to 1.5 centimeters long. The funnel-shaped flowers reach a diameter of 6 cm, growing near the apex of the plant and are red, pink or orange. Flowers ...
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Gymnocalycium Amerhauseri
''Gymnocalycium amerhauseri'' is a species of ''Gymnocalycium'' from Argentina. Description ''Gymnocalycium amerhauseri'' grows individually with flattened spherical to spherical, dark green to bluish green, shiny shoots and reaches heights of up to 2.5 centimeters with diameters of 5 to 6 centimeters. A taproot is formed. The usually eight ribs are rounded. The oval areole In botany, areoles are small light- to dark-colored bumps on cactus, cacti out of which grow clusters of Thorns, spines, and prickles, spines. Areoles are important diagnostic features of cactus, cacti, and identify them as a family distinct fr ...s, initially covered with yellowish white wool, later become bald. The single central spine, which is only present in adult plants, is 1.2 to 1.4 centimeters long. The five to seven, radiating, slightly curved to straight marginal spines are 0.6 to 1.2 centimeters long. They are white and have a darker base. The funnel-shaped, creamy white to light pink flowers ...
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Gymnocalycium Berchtii
''Gymnocalycium berchtii'' is a species of ''Gymnocalycium ''Gymnocalycium'', commonly called chin cactus, is a genus of about 70 South American species of cactus. The genus name ''Gymnocalycium'' (from Greek, "naked calyx") refers to the flower buds bearing no hair or spines. In a 2023 classification of ...'' from Argentina. Description ''Gymnocalycium berchtii'' grows individually with cloudy blackish gray or blackish brown, flattened shoots with a slightly sunken apex and reaches heights of up to 2 centimeters with diameters of 4 to 6 centimeters. A conical shoot and a taproot are formed. The seven to nine ribs are flattened. The oval areoles carry whitish to yellowish wool. The three to five straight, dull dark brown to black spines occasionally have a lighter tip. They are 7 to 10 millimeters long. The funnel-shaped, pearly to pink flowers are 5.3 to 7.9 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 4.3 to 6 centimeters. The gray-green fruits are elongated, spherical. They are ...
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Gymnocalycium Berchtii GN158-418
''Gymnocalycium'', commonly called chin cactus, is a genus of about 70 South American species of cactus. The genus name ''Gymnocalycium'' (from Greek, "naked calyx") refers to the flower buds bearing no hair or spines. In a 2023 classification of the tribe Cereeae, it was placed as the only genus in the subtribe Gymnocalyciinae, having formerly been placed in the subtribe Rebutiinae. Description The species of the genus ''Gymnocalycium'' are low-growing, usually solitary or sometimes small cushion-forming plants with globose, depressed-globular to short-cylindrical stems. The 4 to 15 (rarely more) ribs are usually broadly rounded, often sinuous, occasionally warty, and often have a "chin" just below the areoles. The thorns are very variable. The diurnal, funnel- or bell-shaped flowers appear at or near the apex. They are white or pink, sometimes yellow or bright red. The flower cup and the corolla are covered with a few large, broad and obtuse scales that have membranous edges. ...
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Gymnocalycium Bayrianum
''Gymnocalycium bayrianum'' is a species of ''Gymnocalycium'' from Argentina. Description ''Gymnocalycium bayrianum'' grows individually with blue-green, reddish, flattened, spherical shoots and reaches heights of 4 to 5 centimeters with diameters of up to 10 centimeters. A large shoot and a taproot are formed. The six to ten ribs are broad and flat at their base and notched above each areole In botany, areoles are small light- to dark-colored bumps on cactus, cacti out of which grow clusters of Thorns, spines, and prickles, spines. Areoles are important diagnostic features of cactus, cacti, and identify them as a family distinct fr .... Central spines are usually not present, but sometimes one is formed. The usually five bent-back, light brown marginal spines have a darker tip and turn gray with age. They are up to 3 centimeters long. The funnel-shaped, creamy white flowers are up to 3 centimeters long and reach a diameter of 4 centimeters. The gray-green, bluish-tinged frui ...
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Gymnocalycium Bayrianum GN88-69
''Gymnocalycium'', commonly called chin cactus, is a genus of about 70 South American species of cactus. The genus name ''Gymnocalycium'' (from Greek, "naked calyx") refers to the flower buds bearing no hair or spines. In a 2023 classification of the tribe Cereeae, it was placed as the only genus in the subtribe Gymnocalyciinae, having formerly been placed in the subtribe Rebutiinae. Description The species of the genus ''Gymnocalycium'' are low-growing, usually solitary or sometimes small cushion-forming plants with globose, depressed-globular to short-cylindrical stems. The 4 to 15 (rarely more) ribs are usually broadly rounded, often sinuous, occasionally warty, and often have a "chin" just below the areoles. The thorns are very variable. The diurnal, funnel- or bell-shaped flowers appear at or near the apex. They are white or pink, sometimes yellow or bright red. The flower cup and the corolla are covered with a few large, broad and obtuse scales that have membranous edges. ...
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Gymnocalycium Baldianum
''Gymnocalycium baldianum'', the spider-cactus or dwarf chin cactus, is a species of flowering plant in the cactus family Cactaceae, native to the Catamarca Province in Argentina. Description It is a globose cactus, spherical or a little flat, with a diameter up to 8 cm, dark gray-green to blue-green in color, or sometimes brown, depressed, spherical shoots and reaches heights of 4 to 10 centimeters with diameters of 6 to 7 centimeters. It has 8 to 10 ribs with tubercle-shaped areoles, covered in groups of 6 to 8 pale grey, curved spines, giving to the species its common name of spider-cactus. Like many cacti, it does not divide but may form offsets after some years. There are no central spines. The five to seven gray or brown marginal thorns are thin, lie on the surface of the shoot and are up to 1.5 centimeters long. The funnel-shaped flowers reach a diameter of 6 cm, growing near the apex of the plant and are red, pink or orange. Flowers are 3 to 5 centimeters long ...
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Gymnocalycium Baldianum133540604
''Gymnocalycium'', commonly called chin cactus, is a genus of about 70 South American species of cactus. The genus name ''Gymnocalycium'' (from Greek, "naked calyx") refers to the flower buds bearing no hair or spines. In a 2023 classification of the tribe Cereeae, it was placed as the only genus in the subtribe Gymnocalyciinae, having formerly been placed in the subtribe Rebutiinae. Description The species of the genus ''Gymnocalycium'' are low-growing, usually solitary or sometimes small cushion-forming plants with globose, depressed-globular to short-cylindrical stems. The 4 to 15 (rarely more) ribs are usually broadly rounded, often sinuous, occasionally warty, and often have a "chin" just below the areoles. The thorns are very variable. The diurnal, funnel- or bell-shaped flowers appear at or near the apex. They are white or pink, sometimes yellow or bright red. The flower cup and the corolla are covered with a few large, broad and obtuse scales that have membranous edges. ...
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Gymnocalycium Anisitsii
''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. File:Gymnocalycium anisitsii 2018-05-04 0423.jpg, Flower File:Gymnocalycium anisitsii - pink flower.jpg, An example of ''Gymnocalycium anisitsii'' in bloom. Subspecies A ...
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Gymnocalycium Anisitsii Subsp
''Gymnocalycium'', commonly called chin cactus, is a genus of about 70 South American species of cactus. The genus name ''Gymnocalycium'' (from Greek language, Greek, "naked calyx") refers to the flower buds bearing no hair or spines. In a 2023 classification of the tribe Cereeae, it was placed as the only genus in the subtribe Gymnocalyciinae, having formerly been placed in the subtribe Rebutiinae. Description The species of the genus ''Gymnocalycium'' are low-growing, usually solitary or sometimes small cushion-forming plants with globose, depressed-globular to short-cylindrical stems. The 4 to 15 (rarely more) ribs are usually broadly rounded, often sinuous, occasionally warty, and often have a "chin" just below the areoles. The thorns are very variable. The diurnal, funnel- or bell-shaped flowers appear at or near the apex. They are white or pink, sometimes yellow or bright red. The flower cup and the corolla are covered with a few large, broad and obtuse scales that have mem ...
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