Synonyms

Echinocactus stellatus, Gymnocalycium asterium, Gymnocalycium obductum,

Distribution

Argentina (Catamarca, Córdoba)

Conservation status

(3)   Least Concern, LC

Comments

From the findings in habitat we agree with Charles (2009, 223) on the fact that the names Gymnocalycium quehlianum (F. Haage ex Quehl) Vaupel ex Hosseus and Gymnocalycium stellatum Spegazzini represent the same populations of the genus Gymnocalycium Pfeiffer ex Mittler of the group Trichomosemineum, widespread in the province of Córdoba (AR). The descriptions and distribution areas overlap, and the differences are marginal. The oldest name is G. quehlianum, and should therefore be the name to use, as stated by Charles (2009, 218-223). But in the original description of the taxon, the seed type is not mentioned, and we must also consider an interpretation of Till and others, who in 1993 attributed the name G. quehlianum to a similar plant of the group of seed Gymnocalycium. This belief is reiterated by Till (2002, 15 (2): 441-444) when he says that Gymnocalycium robustum Kiesling, Ferrari & Metzing (Kiesling et al. 2002), belonging to the Gymnocalycium seed group, it is nothing more than a redescription of G. quehlianum. Despite the neo-typification of Metzing et al. (1999) to fix the application of G. quehlianum, it is a fact that the interpretation of Till exists, creating confusion. We would add that the function of the classification, even before classifying or identifying (Anceschi y Magli 2010, 14), is to order. For the above, in accordance with Hunt et al. (2006,, text: 132, 134, 323) and Hunt (2008, 24: 27), we prefer to use for the populations of the group Trichomosemineum in question, the name G. stellatum, and to consider G. quehlianum a name which creates confusion, and therefore should be rejected. (Quoted from: Anceschi & Magli 2013b, 67)

Genus

Gymnocalycium

Other species

alboareolatum
andreae
anisitsii
baldianum
bayrianum
bodenbenderianum
borthii
bruchii
buenekeri
calochlorum
capillaense
cardenasianum
castellanosii
chiquitanum
denudatum
eurypleurum
ferrarii
fischeri
glaucum
horridispinum
horstii
hossei
kieslingii
marsoneri
megatae
mesopotamicum
mihanovichii
monvillei
mostii
nigriareolatum
oenanthemum
paediophilum
paraguayense
pflanzii
reductum
ritterianum
robustum
saglionis
schickendantzii
schroederianum
spegazzinii
stellatum
stenopleurum
uebelmannianum
uruguayense