Gymnocalycium mazanense
Kakteen-Freunde i. No. 12 (1933); Backeb. Blatter Kakteenforsch. 1935, Pt. 2,[p. 6]. genus 74, sp. 6 (fig.)
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Gymnocalycium mazanense
Author
(Backeb.) Backeb.
Chinese genus
裸萼球属
Chinese name
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Accepted
DescriptionEdit description
Description
Plants very spiny, usually solitary and quite variable even in the same population.
Flowers
Whitish with reddish-pink or brownish tint. Tube short.
Ribs
(13-)14-18(-19) straight, fairly broad, rounded , with narrow furrows between them.Central spine 1 brown, turning grey with age.
Stem
Flattened globose to globular (or slightly elongated in cultivation), depressed at the top, grey-green, dull-green to brownish green, up to 9 cm high and 7-10(-14) cm across
Radial Spines
About 7 to 9 spreading, curving backward, one pointing downward, othersto the sides, pinkysh-brown, turning grey with dark tips, up to 1,5cm (or more) long.