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| '''''Gymnocalycium calochlorum''''' is a ] of '']'' from Argentina.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gymnocalycium calochlorum (Boed.) Y. Itô {{!}} COL |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3HQNC |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.catalogueoflife.org}}</ref> | '''''Gymnocalycium calochlorum''''' is a ] of '']'' from Argentina.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Gymnocalycium calochlorum (Boed.) Y. Itô {{!}} COL |url=https://www.catalogueoflife.org/data/taxon/3HQNC |access-date=2024-12-19 |website=www.catalogueoflife.org}}</ref> | ||
| ==Description== | ==Description== | ||
| It forms clusters of gray-green to blue-green, depressed spherical shoots up to |
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, ]s 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.<ref name="c661">{{cite book | last=Anderson | first=Edward F. | last2=Eggli | first2=Urs | last3=Anderson | first3=Edward F. | title=Das große Kakteen-Lexikon | publisher=Ulmer | publication-place=Stuttgart (Hohenheim) | date=2005 | isbn=3-8001-4573-1 | language=de | pages=312–313}}</ref> | ||
| <gallery> | <gallery> | ||
| File:Gymnocalycium calochlorum-IMG 6623.JPG|Plant | File:Gymnocalycium calochlorum-IMG 6623.JPG|Plant | ||
| File:Gymnocalycium calochlorum pm.jpg|Bud | File:Gymnocalycium calochlorum pm.jpg|Bud | ||
| </gallery> |
</gallery> | ||
| ==Distribution== | ==Distribution== | ||
| ''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.<ref name="b347">{{cite web | last=Art | first=Cactus | title=Gymnocalycium calochlorum | website= | ''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.<ref name="b347">{{cite web | last=Art | first=Cactus | title=Gymnocalycium calochlorum | website= | ||
| LLIFLE | date=2013-08-04 | url=http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/16401/Gymnocalycium_calochlorum | access-date=2024-12-19}}</ref> | LLIFLE | date=2013-08-04 | url=http://www.llifle.com/Encyclopedia/CACTI/Family/Cactaceae/16401/Gymnocalycium_calochlorum | access-date=2024-12-19}}</ref> | ||
| ==Taxonomy== | ==Taxonomy== | ||
| First described as ''Echinocactus calochlorus'' by ] 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. | First described as ''Echinocactus calochlorus'' by ] 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== | ==References== | ||
| {{reflist}} | {{reflist}} | ||
| ==External links== | ==External links== | ||
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* {{commons category-inline|Gymnocalycium calochlorum|''Gymnocalycium calochlorum''}} | ||
| * {{wikispecies-inline|Gymnocalycium calochlorum|''Gymnocalycium calochlorum''}} | * {{wikispecies-inline|Gymnocalycium calochlorum|''Gymnocalycium calochlorum''}} | ||
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Species of cactus
| Gymnocalycium calochlorum | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Least Concern (IUCN 3.1) | |
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 |
| Binomial name | |
| Gymnocalycium calochlorum (Boed.) Y.Itô 1952 | |
| Synonyms | |
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Gymnocalycium calochlorum is a species of Gymnocalycium from Argentina.
Description
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.
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Distribution
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.
Taxonomy
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
- "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
Media related to Gymnocalycium calochlorum at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Gymnocalycium calochlorum at Wikispecies
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Gymnocalycium calochlorum |
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| Echinocactus calochlorus | |