Gymnocalycium capillense

Gymnocalycium capillense

Gymnocalycium capillense (Schick) Hosseus is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

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

Its recorded native range/source remark is AGEDF, AGWSJ, AGESF, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, AGW, AGECN, AGE, AGWTU, AGWSL, SOUTHERNAMERICA, AGWJU, AGW_ME; Argentina (Córdoba, San Luis).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. "Gymnocalycium capillense (Schick) Hosseus". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:115369-2
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Gymnocalycium capillense". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7283361
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Native Habitat

Argentina (Córdoba, San Luis)

Automatically collected source range/note: AGE_DF, AGW_SJ, AGE_SF, SOUTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, AGW, AGE_CN, AGE, AGW_TU, AGW_SL, SOUTHERN_AMERICA, AGW_JU, AGW_ME; Argentina (Córdoba, San Luis).