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Echinocactus platensis Speg.
Contr. Fl. Sierra Vent. 28 1896
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Gymnocalycium platense (Speg.) Britton & Rose
Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 3: 163. 1922 [12 Oct 1922] Britton & Rose

Echinocactus platensis (Gymnocalycium platense) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Gymnocalycium platense (Speg.) Britton & Rose
Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 3: 163. 1922 [12 Oct 1922]
Synonymy: 9
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Gymnocalycium platense group

  • Gymnocalycium platense (Speg.) Britton & Rose: stem usually unbranched, depressed. Flowers with long tube, white with a reddish throat. Radial spines 3 to 7, centrals usually absent. Distribution: Córdoba and Buenos Aires Province.
  • Gymnocalycium platense var. ventanicola (Speg.) R.Kiesling: has more spines: 9-14 radials, and 1-5 centrals, about 2.5 cm long on mature plants. Higher parts of the Sierra de la Ventana, Buenos Aires.


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