Taxonomic account

Gymnocalycium uruguayense

Gymnocalycium uruguayense (Arechav.) Britton & Rose

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 guerkeanus F.Haage
Echinocactus melanocarpus Arechav.
Echinocactus netrelianus Monv. ex Labour.
Echinocactus platensis var. guerkeanus (F.Haage) Speg.
Echinocactus uruguayensis Arechav.
Echinocactus uruguayensis f. depressus Osten
Gymnocalycium artigas Herter
Gymnocalycium artigas var. roseiflorum (Y.Itô) Milt
Gymnocalycium guerkeanum (F.Haage) Britton & Rose
Gymnocalycium hyptiacanthum subsp. netrelianum (Monv. ex Labour.) Mereg.
Gymnocalycium hyptiacanthum subsp. uruguayense (Arechav.) Mereg.
Gymnocalycium leeanum var. netrelianum (Monv. ex Labour.) Backeb.
Gymnocalycium leeanum var. roseiflorum Y.Itô
Gymnocalycium melanocarpum (Arechav.) Britton & Rose
Gymnocalycium netrelianum (Monv. ex Labour.) Britton & Rose
Gymnocalycium rauschii H.Till & W.Till
Gymnocalycium uruguayense var. roseiflorum Y.Itô

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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