Gymnocalycium calochlorum
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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. calochlorum
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| Gymnocalycium calochlorum (Boed.) Y.Itô 1952
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Gymnocalycium calochlorum is a species of Gymnocalycium from Argentina.[2]
Description
[edit]It forms clusters of gray-green to blue-green, depressed spherical shoots up to 4cm tall and 6cm in diameter. The cactus has about 11 humpbacked ribs, areoles are oval and yellow, lacks central spines, and has approximately nine thin, flexible, white to pink-brown radial spines, each curving backward and up to 1cm long. Its light pink flowers, up to 6cm long, remain narrowly open, and its fruits are blue to blue-green and egg-shaped.[3]
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Distribution
[edit]Gymnocalycium calochlorum is a cactus native to the Argentine province of Córdoba, thriving at altitudes of 500 to 1500 meters in grasslands with crumbled granite.[4]
Taxonomy
[edit]First described as Echinocactus calochlorus by Friedrich Bödeker in 1932, the species was later reclassified as Gymnocalycium calochlorum by Yoshi Itô in 1952. The name "calochlorum" combines the Greek words kalos ("beautiful") and chloros ("green"), referring to its shiny green epidermis.
References
[edit]- ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-21. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ "Gymnocalycium calochlorum (Boed.) Y. Itô | COL". www.catalogueoflife.org. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
- ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs; Anderson, Edward F. (2005). Das große Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. pp. 312–313. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- ^ Art, Cactus (2013-08-04). "Gymnocalycium calochlorum". LLIFLE. Retrieved 2024-12-19.
External links
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Media related to Gymnocalycium calochlorum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Gymnocalycium calochlorum at Wikispecies
