Gymnocalycium stenopleurum

Gymnocalycium stenopleurum is a species of Gymnocalycium from Bolivia and Paraguay.^[2]

Gymnocalycium stenopleurum
Conservation status
Least Concern  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Gymnocalycium
Species:	G. stenopleurum
Binomial name
Gymnocalycium stenopleurum F.Ritter 1979
Synonyms
Gymnocalycium friedrichii subsp. stenopleurum (F.Ritter) Schädlich 2016 Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. volkeri Amerh. 2004 Gymnocalycium friedrichii (Werderm.) Pazout ex Schütz 1979 Gymnocalycium friedrichii var. angustostriatum Pazout ex Milt 2016 Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. albiflorum Pazout 1963 Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. angustostriatum Pazout 1962 Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. friedrichii Werderm. 1936 Gymnocalycium mihanovichii var. piraretaense Pazout 1951

Description

Gymnocalycium stenopleurum is a cactus species with gray-green, flattened, or spherical stems reaching up to 12 cm tall and 6–12 cm wide. It has 8–14 rounded ribs and 3–6 twisted, light to dark brown radial spines measuring 0.7–4 cm long, while central spines are typically absent. The plant produces white flowers 5–7 cm long and gray-green fruits up to 4 cm long and 1 cm wide.^[3]

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Distribution

Native to Cerro León in Paraguay's Boquerón department and eastern Bolivia, it grows at altitudes of 10 to 500 meters.^[4]

Taxonomy

Friedrich Ritter first described the species in 1979.