Xerophyte

Taxonomy

Gymnocalycium hammerschmidiiSN|26066]]SN|26066]] was firstly collected in December 1961 by the Justinian Father Lorenzo Hammerschmidt. Some plants of the newly found species were sent to Prof. M.Cárdenas in Cochabamba and described as Gymnocalycium chiquitanumSN|26066]]SN|26064]] “Cactus” Nr. 78, October 1963 (Typus Nr. 5.562 deposited in Herbarium Cardenasianum). At the same time some plants were sent to the Ühlig company in Germany. There the plants were recognized by C. Backeberg as an obviously new species and described by him under the name Gymnocalycium hammerschmidtii (Descr. Cact. Nov. 3

Note

Gymnocalycium chiquitanumSN|26066]]SN|26064]].

Derivation of Name

There is some confusion over the correct spelling of G. hammerschmidii, helped by Backeberg misspelling Father Hammerschmid's name with a "t" in the Lexicon ( hammerschmidtii ), though he spelt it correctly when he named the plant.