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An English translation of the first description, including plant and seed photographs and comments etc., can be found on the Succulenta home page.
Translated from the German
Differs from the type
(MF: T. schmiedickeanus ssp. klinkerianus fa. schwarzii)
by the following characteristics: spines somewhat longer (up to perhaps 25
versus 20 mm), exterior tepals rose with very wide brown-rose mid-stripe,
interior tepals rose with a dark rose mid-stripe.
Locality: Cerros Blancos, San Luis Potosi, México.
Originally described as schwarzii var. rubriflorus
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. rubriflorus is part of the schmiedickeanus aggregate of taxa, together with the following: