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Acanthocalycium
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Acanthocalycium

Acanthocalycium is a genus of cactus consisting of several species from Argentina, Bolivia, Brazil, Paraguay and Uruguay. The taxon name comes from Greek akantha (meaning prickly) and kalyx (meaning buds), which refers to the spines on the floral tubes.

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4 branches of this genus, most-observed first

Acanthocalycium thionanthum

speciesAcanthocalycium thionanthum

Acanthocalycium spiniflorum

speciesAcanthocalycium spiniflorum

Acanthocalycium glaucum

speciesAcanthocalycium glaucum

Acanthocalycium ferrarii

speciesAcanthocalycium ferrarii

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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 773759.