Description of Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. andersonii

T. schmiedickeanus ssp. andersonii [Click the image for more pictures]
Photo © Mark Faint
Jan Ríha, Kaktusy 32(1): 25, 1996

Translated from the Latin
Body solitary, globose, napiform root, ca. 40-55 mm wide and 60 mm long, visible part green merely 25 mm long, tubercles 4 sided, to ca. 6 mm long, equal, top obtuse, keeled below, the elongated areole on the underside. Epidermis green or glaucous-green, at maturity the keel is concealed. Areole with white wool, later glabrous greyish-white. Spines when juvenile 5-8 only lateral, in adults disappearing. Areole at maturity with 1 (rarely 2) centrals, curved upwards, pale-yellow, 2-3 mm long. Flower funnel-shaped, ca. 18-22 mm large. Perianth segments long lanceolate ca. 12-18 mm long, entire, acute to obtuse, outer mid-stripe greenish-red, inner dark pinkish-red to carmine, margins paler. Fruit urn-shaped, ca. 5 mm long, aeguilas, dehiscing longitudinally at maturity, drying out. Seed ca. 0.9-1.1 mm large, testa verrucose, black, hilum paler.

Locality: La Hincada, San Luis Potosi, México.

Notes

This taxon was originally named T. schmiedickeanus var. panarottoi, but was not validly published. Namely the type was not listed. See ICBN Articles 37.3 and 37.4.

The new name is for Edward F. Anderson who first collected this plant, but miss identified it with T. klinkerianus in his 1986 revision of the genus Neolloydia (Bradleya 4: 1-28, 1986.).

Clarke Brunt has some habitat photos of this taxon on his Mexican home page.

Related taxa

Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. andersonii is part of the klinkerianus aggregate of taxa, together with the following:

It is also believed to be a species which links the klinkerianus aggregate with the schmiedickeanus aggregate.

References

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