Acanthocalycium rhodotrichum

Acanthocalycium rhodotrichum

Acanthocalycium rhodotrichum (K.Schum.) Schlumpb. is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Acanthocalycium.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is AGEER, BZCMT, URU, AGE, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, BOL, PAROO, PAR, URUOO, AGEMI, AGESF, BZC; E. Bolivia to WC. Brazil and Uruguay.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, subtropical.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Acanthocalycium rhodotrichum (K.Schum.) Schlumpb.". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77122506-1
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Acanthocalycium rhodotrichum". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/10809391
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E. Bolivia to WC. Brazil and Uruguay

Automatically collected source range/note: AGE_ER, BZC_MT, URU, AGE, WESTERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, BOL, PAR_OO, PAR, URU_OO, AGE_MI, AGE_SF, BZC; E. Bolivia to WC. Brazil and Uruguay.