Gymnocalycium

272 species Cactaceae

Morphological Summary

Genus of globose to slightly flattened cacti native to South America. Characterized by ribs divided into tubercles with a distinctive "chin" below the areole, diurnal flowers usually white, pink, or red, and lack of spines on the floral tube. Comprises over 70 species, very popular in collections.

Distribution Argentina (central and northwestern), Bolivia, Uruguay, Paraguay, southern Brazil, and Chile

Conservation Several species threatened by illegal collection and habitat loss; CITES Appendix II

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Gymnocalycium

Morphological Summary

Gymnocalycium achirasense (Speg.) Backeb.

Gymnocalycium acorrugatum F.Ritter

Gymnocalycium affine (K.Schum.) Vaupel

Gymnocalycium albiareolatum Rausch

Gymnocalycium albispinum Backeb.

Gymnocalycium ambatoense

Gymnocalycium ambatoense Piltz

Gymnocalycium amerhauseri Laet

Gymnocalycium amoenum (H.Till) J.G.Lamb.

Gymnocalycium andreae

Gymnocalycium andreae (Boed.) Backeb. & F.M.Knuth

Gymnocalycium andreae f. cristata

Gymnocalycium angelae Mereg.

Gymnocalycium anisitsii

Gymnocalycium anisitsii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose

Gymnocalycium antherostele F.Ritter

Gymnocalycium artigas Herter

Gymnocalycium asterium A.Cast.

Gymnocalycium baldianum

Gymnocalycium baldianum f. cristata

Gymnocalycium baldianum f. monstruosa

Gymnocalycium baldianum × G. quehlianum

Gymnocalycium baldianum 'Pink'

Gymnocalycium baldianum 'Purple'

Gymnocalycium baldianum 'Red'

Gymnocalycium baldianum Speg.

Gymnocalycium baldianum 'Variegata'

Gymnocalycium baldianum 'White'

Gymnocalycium bayrianum H.Till

Gymnocalycium berchtii Neuhuber

Gymnocalycium bicolor Schütz

Gymnocalycium bodenbenderianum

Gymnocalycium bodenbenderianum (Hosseus ex A.Berger) A.W.Hill

Gymnocalycium boehmianum

Gymnocalycium borthii Koop ex H.Till

Gymnocalycium bozsingianum Schütz

Gymnocalycium brachyanthum (Gürke) Britton & Rose

Gymnocalycium brachypetalum Speg.

Gymnocalycium bruchii

Gymnocalycium bruchii f. cristata

Gymnocalycium bruchii (Speg.) Hosseus

Gymnocalycium bruchii var. niveum

Gymnocalycium buenekeri Swales

Gymnocalycium calochlorum

Gymnocalycium calochlorum (Boed.) Y.Itô

Gymnocalycium capillaense

Gymnocalycium capillaense (Schick) Hosseus

Gymnocalycium cardenasianum F.Ritter

Gymnocalycium carminanthum

Gymnocalycium carminanthum Borth & Koop

Gymnocalycium carolinense (Neuhuber) Neuhuber

Gymnocalycium castellanosii

Gymnocalycium castellanosii Backeb.

Gymnocalycium catamarcense H.Till & W.Till

Gymnocalycium centeterius (Lehm. ex Pfeiff.) Hosseus

Gymnocalycium chacoense Amerh.

Gymnocalycium chiquitanum Cárdenas

Gymnocalycium chubutense (Speg.) Speg.

Gymnocalycium chuquisacanum Cárdenas

Gymnocalycium comarapense

Gymnocalycium comarapense Backeb.

Gymnocalycium cumingii (Britton & Rose) Hutchison

Gymnocalycium curvispinum Frič

Gymnocalycium damsii

Gymnocalycium damsii Britton & Rose

Gymnocalycium damsii f. cristata

Gymnocalycium damsii f. monstruosa

Gymnocalycium deeszianum Dölz

Gymnocalycium delaetii (K.Schum.) Hosseus

Gymnocalycium denudatum

Gymnocalycium denudatum f. cristata

Gymnocalycium denudatum 'Jan Suba'

Gymnocalycium denudatum (Link & Otto) Pfeiff. ex Mittler

Gymnocalycium doppianum Mereg.

Gymnocalycium erinaceum J.G.Lamb.

Gymnocalycium esperanzae Řepka & Kulhánek

Gymnocalycium eurypleurum

Gymnocalycium eurypleurum F.Ritter