2011, Argentina, Córdoba
2007, Argentina, San Luis, P. N. Sierra de La Quijada, A&M 108 Show on map
2011, Argentina, Córdoba, Quilino, A&M 391 Show on map
2011, Argentina, Córdoba, Quilino, A&M 398 Show on map
2011, Argentina, Córdoba, Agua de Ramón, A&M 402 Show on map
2011, Argentina, La Rioja, Olta, A&M 413 Show on map
2011, Argentina, Catamarca, Recreo, A&M 430 Show on map
2011, Argentina, Salta, Cabra Corral, A&M 482 Show on map
2011, Argentina, Salta, Quebrada de Las Conchas, A&M 486 Show on map
2011, Argentina, Salta, Quebrada de Las Conchas, A&M 489 Show on map
2011, Argentina, Salta, Quebrada de Las Conchas, A&M 494 Show on map
2013, Argentina, Catamarca, Recreo, A&M 853 Show on map
2013, Argentina, La Rioja, Anillaco, A&M 884 Show on map
2013, Argentina, La Rioja, Anillaco, A&M 904 Show on map
Synonyms
Echinocactus schickendantzii*, Gymnocalycium schickendantzii ssp. schickendantzii, Gymnocalycium antherostele, Gymnocalycium schickendantzii ssp. bergeri, Echinocactus delaetii, Gymnocalycium delaetii, Gymnocalycium schickendantzii ssp. delaetii, Gymnocalycium michoga, Gymnocalycium schickendantzii ssp. periferalium
* Basionym
Distribution
Argentina (Catamarca, Córdoba, La Rioja, Mendoza, Salta, Santiago del Estero, San Juan, San Luis, Tucumán)
Conservation status
Comments
Gymnocalycium schickendantzii (F. A. C. Weber) Britton & Rose is the dominant species of the genus Gymnocalycium Pfeiffer ex Mittler in the south of the Chaco Biome. Its range (all of it in Argentina) starts from the Province of Salta in the north, and finishes at the Provinces of San Luis, including a part in the far north east of Mendoza in the south. Its populations have colonized areas of neighbouring ecosystems as part of the Espinal region, between the provinces of Córdoba and San Luis to the extreme southwest of its range of expansion, and parts of the Monte region in the provinces of San Luis, Mendoza, San Juan and La Rioja, in the southwest. For this species, Charles (2009, 252-253), points out the genus’s unusual tendency to live in flat or sandy areas, often in the shade of bushes, away from rocks and hills. Our idea of G. schickendantzii includes Gymnocalycium delaetii (K. Schumann) Hosseus, for us only populations in the northern range of the species. The differences brought to the distinction of the second taxon at the subspecies level (Hunt et al. 2006, text: 133; Charles 2009, 256), namely a flatter body and wider ribs divided into transverse furrows, are not so evident as to clearly distinguish the populations in habitat. As can be seen in the photographic material, even the type species can lead the distinctive characters of ssp. delaeti (A&M 402, photos 24-25; A&M 413, photos 30-33). (June 2013)
Genus
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