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Gymnocalycium, the chin cactus, is a genus of about 70 small, mostly solitary South American cacti with globe-shaped stems and a "chin" under the areoles. Grow them in bright light, with sharp drainage and sparing water, as many are popular easy container plants.
Gymnocalycium, commonly called chin cactus, is a genus of about 70 South American species of cactus. The genus name Gymnocalycium (from Greek, "naked calyx") refers to the flower buds bearing no hair or spines. In a 2023 classification of the tribe Cereeae, it was placed as the only genus in the subtribe Gymnocalyciinae, having formerly been placed in the subtribe Rebutiinae.
Their main area of distribution is Argentina, part of Uruguay, Paraguay, Bolivia and part of Brazil.
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