Description of T. horripilus ssp. kvetae

J. Chvastek and J.J. Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov. Sect. natur., 7(1):35-36, 2000

Latin: affinis subsp. horripili, sed plantis minoribus, ad 50mm latis et altis differt; perianthium minus, violaceum.

Related to ssp. horripilus, but plants smaller, width and height differ by about 50 mm; perianth less, violet.

Locality: Jilo, Hidalgo, Mexico.

Notes

Perhaps you should have a drink and a short rest after wading through that incredibly extensive description.

The description lists it as a Gymnocactus. This is the same taxa as T. horripilus ssp. wrobelianus.

Related taxa

Turbinicarpus horripilus ssp. kvetae is part of the saueri aggregate of taxa, together with the following:

T. horripilus
T. horripilus ssp. wrobelianus
T. knuthianus
T. saueri
T. saueri ssp. nelissae
T. saueri ssp. septentrionalis
T. saueri ssp. ysabelae
T. viereckii
T. viereckii ssp. major

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