Descriptions of Turbinicarpus species

What Is Available ?

• Descriptions -- List of the available descriptions.
• A few notes about cactus descriptions.
• Glossary -- Definitions of some technical words.
• Translation -- Some help in translating cactus descriptions from the original German, Dutch, Spanish, Czech and Latin.
• ToDo -- The to do list for this section.
• What's New -- A short list of additions since the last update.

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Descriptions

Select the name of a plant to view the description in English together with notes and a photograph. The Latin descriptions are found with the original description. The availability of additional translations and other additional descriptions, including those on other sites, are also listed. However, to save space, notes and lists of related taxa are only included in the English pages.

Group	Descriptions				Photographs
Turbinicarpus Group	Latin	Original	Translations	Other
T. alonsoi		Deutsch	X	X	alonsoi
T. dickisoniae		English	X	X	dickisoniae, Habitat
T. hoferi		Deutsch	X	X	hoferi, Habitat
T. laui		English	X	X	laui
T. lophophoroides		Deutsch	X	X	lophophoroides
T. lophophoroides var. jauernigii		Nederlands	Deutsch	Succulenta	jauernigii
T. macrochele		Deutsch	X	X	macrochele
T. macrochele ssp. macrochele var. polaskii		Deutsch	X	X	polaskii
T. macrochele ssp. frailensis		Deutsch	X	X	frailensis
T. x mombergeri		Czech	X	X	x mombergeri
T. nieblae		Español	Deutsch	X	nieblae (Habitat)
(Syn. T. pulcherrima Sabatini nom. prov.)		Italiano	X	X	X
T. pseudomacrochele		Deutsch	X	X	pseudomacrochele
T. pseudomacrochele ssp. krainzianus		Deutsch	X	X	krainzianus
T. pseudomacrochele ssp. krainzianus fa. lausseri		Deutsch	X	X	lausseri
T. pseudomacrochele ssp. krainzianus fa. minimus		Nederlands	Deutsch	X	minimus
T. pseudomacrochele var. sphacellatus		Deutsch	X	X	sphacellatus
T. roseiflorus		Nederlands	Deutsch	Backeberg	roseiflorus (Hybrid)
T. schmiedickeanus		Deutsch	X	X	schmiedickeanus
T. schmiedickeanus ssp. andersonii (panarottoi)		Czech	X	X	andersonii, Habitat
T. schmiedickeanus ssp. bonatzii		Nederlands	Deutsch	X	bonatzii
T. schmiedickeanus ssp. flaviflorus		Deutsch	X	X	flaviflorus
T. schmiedickeanus ssp. gracilis		English	X	X	gracilis, Habitat
T. schmiedickeanus ssp. klinkerianus		Deutsch	X	X	klinkerianus, Habitat
T. schmiedickeanus ssp. klinkerianus fa. schwarzii		English	X	X	schwarzii
T. schmiedickeanus ssp. rioverdensis		Nederlands	Deutsch	Succulenta	rioverdensis
T. (schmiedickeanus) rioverdensis ssp. paoli		Czech	X	X	paoli
T. schmiedickeanus ssp. rubriflorus		Nederlands	Deutsch	Succulenta	rubriflorus
T. swobodae		Deutsch	X	X	swobodae
Gymnocactus group	Latin	Original	Translations	Other	Photographs
T. gielsdorfianus		Deutsch	X	X	gielsdorfianus
T. horripilus		Latin	Deutsch	X	horripilus
T. horripilus ssp. kvetae		Latin	X	X	None yet
T. horripilus ssp. wrobelianus		Nederlands	Deutsch	X	None yet
T. knuthianus		Deutsch	X	X	knuthianus
T. mandragora ssp. beguinii		Deutsch	X	X	beguinii, Habitat
T. (mandragora) beguinii ssp. hintoniorum		Français	Deutsch	X	hintoniorum (Habitat)
T. mandragora ssp. pailanus		Latin	X	X	pailanus
T. saueri		Deutsch	X	X	saueri
T. saueri ssp. gonzalezii		Czech	X	X	gonzalezii (Habitat)
T. saueri ssp. nelissae		Latin	X	X	nelissae, Habitat
T. saueri ssp. septentrionalis		Czech	Deutsch	X	septentrionalis (Habitat)
T. saueri ssp. verduzcoi		English	X	X	None Yet
T. saueri ssp. ysabelae		English	X	X	ysabelae, Habitat
T. saueri ssp. ysabelae (var. brevispina)		English	X	X	None yet
T. viereckii		Deutsch	X	X	viereckii
T. viereckii ssp. major		English	X	X	major
T. viereckii ssp. neglectus		English	X	X	None yet
Rapicactus group	Latin	Original	Translations	Other	Photographs
T. mandragora	None	Deutsch	X	X	None yet
T. mandragora ssp. booleanus		English	X	X	booleanus, Habitat
T. mandragora ssp. subterraneus	None	Deutsch	X	X	subterraneus, Habitat
T. mandragora ssp. zaragozae		English	X	X	zaragozae, Habitat
Normanbokea/Pelecyphora group	Latin	Original	Translations	Other	Photographs
T. pseudopectinatus		Deutsch	X	X	pseudopectinatus, (Habitat)
T. pseudopectinatus ssp. jarmilae (Syn. T. pseudopectinatus fa. rubriflorus n.n.)		Latin	X	X	jarmilae
T. valdezianus		Deutsch	X	X	valdezianus, Habitat
(Syn. Pelecyphora plumosa Bödecker & Ritter)		Deutsch	X	X	X
T. valdezianus var. albiflorus		Latin/Czech	Deutsch	X	None yet

A few notes about cactus descriptions

1. For a description to be valid in the eyes of the ICBN there must also be a Latin version of the description. In some cases the Latin is the only language given. These are usually the older descriptions or ones where there are only minor differences to the type. When this Latin description is missing the description, and therefore the name, is invalid.
2. The amount of detail included in a description is generally related to its age, with the more recent descriptions being the most detailed. In fact many of the older description are completely lacking details of fruits and seeds.
3. The dimensions of these plants in cultivation will almost certainly differ from those listed in the description. You will generally find the plant bodies will be larger and may offset more frequently.
4. As there are many "locality forms" of most Turbinicarpus species do not expect the description of the type to fit exactly.
5. In habitat most of these plants only protrude a few millimeters above the ground.
6. In many of the descriptions there are references to the spines dropping, in cultivated plants this only happens if the plants are treated roughly or when the tubercles shrivel at the base of the plant.

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