Turbinicarpus lophophoroides
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides is a flowering plant in the genus Turbinicarpus from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet lophophoroides means of Lophophora similar '.
Description
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides grows individually with blue-green, depressed spherical and somewhat flattened bodies and has a strong taproot. The body can reach heights of growth of 3 to 3.5 centimeters in diameter and from 4 to 4.7 inches. Your bumps are hardly pronounced. They are low, rounded and 2-4 mm high. The single, gray or whitish center spine has a darker tip. He is straight, upstanding and slightly bent inward and is 9 to 11 millimeters long. The 2-4 radial spines are whitish or gray with a darker tip, easily straddling, more or less straight and 8-9 millimeters long.
The white to slightly pink flowers have diameters from 3.2 to 3.5 centimeters. The light green fruits are occasionally occupied with rudimentary scales.
Systematics, distribution and hazard
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides is common in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosi near Las Tablas.
The first description was in 1934 as Thelocactus lophophoroides by Erich Werdermann. It was made by Franz Buxbaum and Curt Backeberg in the genus Turbinicarpus 1937. Synonyms are Strombocactus lophophoroides ( Werderm. ) FMKnuth, Toumeya lophophoroides ( Werderm. ) WTMarshall, Neolloydia lophophoroides ( Werderm. ) EFAnderson and Pediocactus lophophoroides ( Werderm. ) Halda.
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides be listed in Annex I of the CITES Convention. In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN 2002 she was described as " Vulnerable (VU) ," ie, classified as endangered. In 2013, the species as " Near Threatened (NT) ", ie out low risk.