Gymnocalycium anisitsii

Gymnocalycium anisitsii
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Gymnocalycium
Species:
G. anisitsii
Binomial name
Gymnocalycium anisitsii
(K.Schumann) Britton & Rose, 1922
Synonyms
  • Gymnocalycium damsii (K. Sch.) Br et R.
  • Gymnocalycium griseopallidum Backeb.
  • Gymnocalycium joossensianum (Boed.) Br. et R.

Gymnocalycium anisitsii is a globular cactus belonging to the family Cactaceae. The specific epithet honors the Hungarian pharmacist Dániel Anisits J. (1856-1911).

Description

Gymnocalycium anisitsii can be solitary or slowly clustering with light green, often reddish or purple-tinged, spherical to short columnar shoots. It reaches a diameter of 8–15 cm and a height of about 10 cm. Sometimes a central spine is present, but it is usually absent. The eight to eleven ribs have pointed humps. Sometimes a central spine is present, but usually it is absent. The 5-7 spines are yellowish to brownish, slender, twisted and 1–6 cm long. The flowers are white to pink, funnel-shaped, up to 4 inches long. The red fruits are long and cylindrical, up to 2.5 cm long with a diameter of 1 cm.[2]

  • Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. anisitsii. Illustration from Blühende Kakteen - Iconographia Cactacearum (1904)
  • Flower of G. anisitsii
  • Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. damsii
  • Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. damsii - flower
  • Gymnocalycium anisitsii in the UMCS botanical garden, Lublin
  • Gymnocalycium anisitsii ssp. multiproliferum in Mato Grosso do Sul, Brasil

Distribution

Gymnocalycium anisitsii is widespread in southern Brazil, Paraguay and Bolivia. This species prefers open areas with the protection of low bushes.[3]

Taxonomy

The first description as Echinocactus anisitsii was made in 1900 by Karl Moritz Schumann. The specific epithet anisitsii honors the Hungarian pharmacist Dániel J. Anisits (1856–1911), who supplied Karl Moritz Schumann with cacti. Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed the species in the genus Gymnocalycium in 1922.[4]

Subspecies

Accepted subspecies:[5]

Image Scientific name Distribution
Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. anisitsii Bolivia to Paraguay
Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. damsii (K.Schum.) G.J.Charles Brazil (Mato Grosso do Sul)

References

  1. ^ "The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2010-09-22. Retrieved 2023-09-22.
  2. ^ Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 311. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
  3. ^ "Gymnocalycium anisitsii". www.llifle.net. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
  4. ^ Britton, Nathaniel Lord; Eaton, Mary E.; Rose, J. N.; Wood, Helen Adelaide (1919). The Cactaceae : descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family. Washington: Carnegie Institution of Washington. doi:10.5962/bhl.title.46288.
  5. ^ "NCBI Taxonomy: Gymnocalycium anisitsii". www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov. Retrieved 2026-02-06.
  • Media related to Gymnocalycium anisitsii at Wikimedia Commons
  • Data related to Gymnocalycium anisitsii at Wikispecies
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  • Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Birkhäuser 2004
  • N. L. Britton, J. N. Rose: The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Band III, The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1922
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