Contents of the Book

• Foreword by Dr. Nigel Taylor, Curator, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• Preface
• Acknowledgments
• History of the Genus
• Characteristics and Classification
• Cultivation
• Natural Habitats and Distribution

• Treatment of Species and Subspecies

  Macrosemineum

  Gymnocalycium

  Microsemineum

  Trichomosemineum

  Muscosemineum

• Names of Uncertain Application

• Glossary and Abbreviations
• Further Reading
• References
• Appendix 1: Gymnocalycium Chromosome Counts
• Appendix 2: Cristate and Variegated Plants
• Appendix 3: GC Gymnocalycium Field Numbers
• Index of Gymnocalycium Names