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Echinocactus gibbosus var. ventanicola Speg.
Anales Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires ser, 3, 2: 7. 1903
Family: CACTACEAE

= Gymnocalycium platense var. ventanicola (Speg.) R.Kiesling
Darwiniana 24: 441. 1982

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

Echinocactus gibbosus var. ventanicola (Gymnocalycium platense var. ventanicola) Photo by: Diego Armentano

Synonyms:

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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.

26681 diegoe Diego Armentano
Echinocactus gibbosus var. ventanicola (Gymnocalycium platense var. ventanicola) Photo by: Diego Armentano
26680 diegoe Diego Armentano
Echinocactus gibbosus var. ventanicola (Gymnocalycium platense var. ventanicola) Photo by: Diego Armentano


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