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 original language description. This language is listed in the second column. All of the descriptions are also available in English together with notes and a photograph. 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. Selecting the taxa name in the last column will open another document with pictures of this and related taxa.

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