Gymnocalycium oenanthemum

Gymnocalycium oenanthemum Backeb. (1934)

🌵 Author(s)	Curt Backeberg
🌵 Published in	Blätt. Kakteenf. 1934(9): [2] genus 74, sp. 4 (1934)

Etymology

Greek oinos ‘wine’ + Greek anthemon ‘flower’. For the “claret-coloured” flower. Backeberg: “With the exception of Gymnocalycium Venturianum [= Gymnocalycium baldianum] the only species so far known with red flowers.”