Description of T. saueri ssp. verduzcoi

Zachar and Lux, The Genus Turbinicarpus, 25, 2004

Latin description:
Subsp. verduzcoi differt a typo subsp. saueri: corpore minore, ad 30 mm lato, 15-30 mm alto, numero spinarum radialium minore (circa 7-9), floribus minoribus, albis cum linea centrali subtiliter rosea.

Habitatio ca. 100 km a loco occurrendi subsp. saueri abest.

A subsp. nelissae differt statura minore, longioribus spinis centralibus curvatis, tuberculis protrudentibus at habitatione ca. 30 km distante.

Typus: Estado Tamaulipas, inter Dr. Arroyo et Miquihuana. J. Verduzco, November 1986.

Holotypus: planta in liquore alcoholico 70% in SLO (Herbarius Instituti botanici Universtatis Comenianae Bratislava, Slovacia) 5408A-1.

English: translated from the Latin description:
Subsp. verduzcoi differs from saueri by a smaller body, to 30 mm wide, 15-30 mm high, smaller number of radial spines (ca. 7-9), smaller flower, white with a delicate pink mid-stripe..

Habitat ca. 100 km distant from the locality of subsp. saueri.

Differs from subsp. nelissae by a smaller body, longer curved central spines, tubercles more protruding and ca. 30 km distant.

Type: State of Tamaulipas, between Dr. Arroyo and Miquihuana. J. Verduzco, November 1986.

Notes

Just a smaller growing form of T. saueri.

Related taxa

Turbinicarpus saueri subsp. verduzcoi is part of the saueri aggregate of taxa, together with the following:

References

M. Zachar, The Genus Turbinicarpus, 25, 2004.

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