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Parodia tenuicylindrica

Parodia tenuicylindrica
Photo: Laitche, Public domain
Family
Cactaceae (Cactus family)
Grows as
Succulent
Native range
Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) to Uruguay
Climate
subtropical

About

Parodia tenuicylindrica is a species of cactus from the genus Parodia. The small green cacti have yellow and red-brown spines, white wool and yellow flowers. They produce yellow-green fruit, and black seeds. P. tenuicylindrica can be found growing individually in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil.

Where it grows

Parodia tenuicylindrica can be found growing solitarily in Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil. It is currently classified as Endangered (EN) on the IUCN Red List, with major threats reported to be fires, cattle grazing due to trampling, agriculture, and forestry.

Other Parodia plants

Parodia buiningii · Golden Powder Puff · Parodia columnaris · Cactus · Parodia crassigibba · Parodia curvispina · Parodia herteri · Parodia lenninghausii · Balloon Cactus · Parodia mammulosa · Cactus · Cactus

Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Parodia tenuicylindrica by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.

Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.

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