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Genus: Gymnocalycium Life
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Archaeoplastida >
Chloroplastida
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> Tracheophyta (vascular plants) > Euphyllophyta > Lignophyta (woody plants)
> Spermatophyta (seed plants) > Angiospermae (flowering
plants) > Core Eudicots
> Order: Caryophyllales >
Familty: Cactaceae
About 72 species, native to South America. Seventeen species
have been recorded as being cultivated in southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Gymnocalycium anisitsii
Native to Paraguay. |
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Gymnocalycium baldianum (Dwarf
chin)
Native to Argentina. |
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Gymnocalycium bruchii
Native to Argentina. |
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Gymnocalycium denudatum (Spider
cactus)
Native to Brazil. |
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Gymnocalycium gibbosum
Native to Argentina. |
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Gymnocalycium hossei
[= Gymnocalycium mazanense]
Native to Argentina. |
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Gymnocalycium marsoneri
Native to Argentina, Bolivia and Paraguay. |
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Gymnocalycium mihanovichii
Native to Paraguay. |
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Gymnocalycium monvillei
Native to Paraguay. |
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Gymnocalycium mostii
[= Gymnocalycium valnicekianum]
Native to Argentina. |
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Gymnocalycium ochoterenae
Native to Argentina. Gymnocalycium ochoterenae subsp. vatteri
is cultivated in southern Africa. |
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Gymnocalycium pflanzii
Native to Bolivia. |
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Gymnocalycium platense
Native to Argentina. |
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Gymnocalycium quehlianum (Rose
plaid cactus)
Native to Argentina. |
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Gymnocalycium saglionis (Giant
chin cactus)
Native to Argentina. |
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Gymnocalycium schickendantzii
Native to Argentina. |
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Gymnocalycium stellatum
Native to Argentina. |
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