Taxonomic account

Gymnocalycium capillense

Gymnocalycium capillense (Schick) Hosseus

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Gymnocalycium
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Echinocactus capillensis Schick
Echinocactus sigelianus Schick ex A.Berger
Echinocactus sutterianus Schick ex A.Berger
Gymnocalycium capillense var. sigelianum (Schick ex A.Berger) H.Till
Gymnocalycium deeszianum Dölz
Gymnocalycium fischeri Halda, Kupčák, Lukašik & Sladk.
Gymnocalycium fischeri subsp. suyuquense F.Berger
Gymnocalycium miltii Halda, Kupčák, Lukašik & Sladk.
Gymnocalycium poeschlii subsp. dolezalii Halda & Milt
Gymnocalycium sigelianum (Schick ex A.Berger) Hosseus
Gymnocalycium sutterianum (Schick ex A.Berger) Hosseus
Gymnocalycium sutterianum subsp. arachnispinum Řepka
Gymnocalycium sutterianum subsp. dolezalii (Halda & Milt) Řepka

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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