Synonyms

Echinocactus paraguayensis*, Gymnocalycium fleischerianum
* Basionym

Distribution

Paraguay (Cordillera, Paraguarí)

Conservation status

(4)   Critically Endangered, CR B1ab(ii,iv,v).

Comments

As a result of the surveys conducted in September 2008 in various locations of Cordillera and Paraguarí Departments in Paraguay, we could observe the rarity of Gymnocalycium paraguayense (K. Schumann) Hosseus in the areas adjacent to Piraretá; while in other places, in Chololó for example, it has almost completely disappeared because of, based on information received on site, the indiscriminate collection conducted by so-called European "botanists", who several years ago raided hundreds of plants. Metzing
(1994) has already assigned the category Endangered, EN to G. paraguayense, as well as to Gymnocalycium fleischerianum, now considered synonym of the first. As explained, we believe it necessary to update the assessment of the conservation status of the taxon from Data Deficient, DD (Hunt et al. 2006, text: 329) to Critically Endangered, CR B1ab(ii,iv,v).

Genus

Gymnocalycium

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