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Cactaceae

Gymnocalycium

Gymnocalycium gibbosum (Haw.) Pfeiff. ex Mittler

First published in Taschenb. Cactusliebhaber 2: 124 (1844)

This species is accepted

The native range of this species is Argentina. It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the subtropical biome.

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Native to:

Argentina Northeast, Argentina Northwest, Argentina South

Homotypic Synonyms

Cactus gibbosus Haw. in Bot. Reg. 2: t. 137 (1816)
Cereus gibbosus (Haw.) Sweet in Hort. Brit.: 171 (1826)
Echinocactus gibbosus (Haw.) DC. in Prodr. 3: 461 (1828)
Echinocactus gibbosus var. typica Speg. in Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires, ser. 3, 4: 503 (1905), not validly publ.

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

Govaerts, R. (2003). World Checklist of Seed Plants Database in ACCESS G: 1-40325.

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

IPNI - The International Plant Names Index

IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0