Parodia crassigibba

Parodia crassigibba, the green tomato cactus, is a species of cactus in the genus Parodia, native to Rio Grande do Sul state in southern Brazil.[1][2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as a houseplant.[3]

Parodia crassigibba
Yellow-flowered morph
Purple-flowered morph
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Genus: Parodia
Species:
P. crassigibba
Binomial name
Parodia crassigibba
Synonyms[1]
List
    • Notocactus arachnitis F.Ritter
    • Notocactus arachnitis f. darilhoensis N.Gerloff
    • Notocactus arachnitis var. minor F.Ritter
    • Notocactus arachnitis f. minor (F.Ritter) N.Gerloff & Neduchal
    • Notocactus crassigibbus F.Ritter
    • Notocactus meonacanthus Prestlé
    • Notocactus uebelmannianus Buining
    • Notocactus uebelmannianus f. flaviflorus N.Gerloff & Königs
    • Notocactus uebelmannianus f. gilviflorus Königs & N.Gerloff
    • Notocactus uebelmannianus var. nilsonii Königs
    • Notocactus uebelmannianus f. nilsonii (Königs) N.Gerloff & Neduchal
    • Notocactus uebelmannianus subsp. pleiocephalus (N.Gerloff & Königs) Lodé
    • Notocactus uebelmannianus var. pleiocephalus N.Gerloff & Königs
    • Parodia meonacantha (Prestlé) Hofacker
    • Parodia uebelmanniana F.Ritter
    • Parodia werneri Hofacker
    • Parodia werneri subsp. pleiocephala (N.Gerloff & Königs) Hofacker
    • Ritterocactus crassigibbus (F.Ritter) Doweld
    • Ritterocactus meonacanthus (Prestlé) Doweld
    • Ritterocactus uebelmannianus (Buining) Doweld
    • Ritterocactus uebelmannianus subsp. pleiocephalus (N.Gerloff & Königs) Doweld

References
  1. "Parodia crassigibba (F.Ritter) N.P.Taylor". Plants of the World Online. Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2017. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  2. "Parodia (Parodia crassigibba)". Plants Database. National Gardening Association. 2021. Retrieved 29 March 2021.
  3. "Parodia crassigibba". The Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 29 March 2021.


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