Gymnocalycium anisitsii(K.Schum.) Britton & Rose

WFO wfo-0000712361 Accepted WFO 2026-06 4 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–d · 4 separate observations

Gymnocalycium anisitsii, photographed by Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani
fig. a Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0 / 2012-03-22 / obs. 117053924
Gymnocalycium anisitsii, photographed by Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani
fig. b Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117112725
Gymnocalycium anisitsii, photographed by Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani
fig. c Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117112679
Gymnocalycium anisitsii, photographed by Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani
fig. d Thomaz Ricardo Favreto Sinani, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 117053825

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Native range 4 botanical countries

Regions where Gymnocalycium anisitsii is native: Argentina Northwest, Bolivia, Brazil West-Central, Paraguay Argentina NorthwestBoliviaBrazil West-CentralParaguay
Native distribution of Gymnocalycium anisitsii, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Argentina Northwest AGW SOUTHERN AMERICA
Bolivia BOL
Brazil West-Central BZC
Paraguay PAR

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 23 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Echinocactus anisitsii K.Schum.
  • Echinocactus damsii K.Schum.
  • Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. anisitsii
  • Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. damsii (K.Schum.) G.J.Charles
  • Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. multiproliferum (P.J.Braun) P.J.Braun & Esteves
  • Gymnocalycium anisitsii subsp. volkeri Amerh.
  • Gymnocalycium anisitsii var. griseopallidum H.Till & Amerh.
  • Gymnocalycium anisitsii var. pseudomalacocarpus Backeb. ex H.Till & Amerh.
  • Gymnocalycium anisitsii var. tucavocense Backeb. ex H.Till & Amerh.
  • Gymnocalycium damsii (K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
  • Gymnocalycium damsii subsp. evae Halda, Horáček & Milt
  • Gymnocalycium damsii var. boosii Amerh.
  • Gymnocalycium damsii var. centrispinum Backeb.
  • Gymnocalycium damsii var. centrispinum Backeb. ex H.Till & Amerh.
  • Gymnocalycium damsii var. multiproliferum P.J.Braun
  • Gymnocalycium damsii var. rotundulum Backeb.
  • Gymnocalycium damsii var. rotundulum Backeb. ex H.Till & Amerh.
  • Gymnocalycium damsii var. torulosum Backeb.
  • Gymnocalycium damsii var. torulosum Backeb. ex H.Till & Amerh.
  • Gymnocalycium damsii var. tucavocense Backeb.
  • Gymnocalycium griseopallidum Backeb.
  • Gymnocalycium marekiorum Milt
  • Gymnocalycium ponomarevae V.Gapon & Neuhuber

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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