Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus is a flowering plant in the genus Turbinicarpus from the cactus family ( Cactaceae ).
Description
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus grows individually with dull green to blue- green or gray-green, spherical to flattened spheroids and has a fleshy taproot. The body can reach growth height 1-3 centimeters and a diameter of 1.5 to 5 centimeters. Your cusps are conical, elongated conical or broad and rounded. There are 1 to 10 ( or more) spines present, which may be absent. They are thick and spongy, flattened and bent like paper or flexible and light or twisted.
White, off-white, greenish-yellow or magenta-colored flowers are 1.5 to 2.6 cm long and have diameters from 1 to 3.2 centimeters. The rounded greenish fruits are somewhat fleshy at maturity.
Systematics, distribution and hazard
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus is common in the Mexican states of Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosi. The first description was in 1928 as Echinocactus schmiedickeanus by Frederick Boedeker. In 1937 she was asked by Curt Backeberg and Franz Buxbaum in the genus Turbinicarpus.
We distinguish the following sub- types:
- Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. schmiedickeanus
- Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. andersonii Mosco
- Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. dickisoniae ( Glass & R.A.Foster ) N.P.Taylor
- Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. flaviflorus ( Gerhart Frank & A.B.Lau ) Glass
- Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. gracilis ( Glass & R.A.Foster ) Glass
- Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. klinkerianus ( Backeb. & H.Jacobsen ) N.P.Taylor
- Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. macrochele ( Werderm. ) N.P.Taylor
- Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. schwarzii ( shurly ) N.P.Taylor
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus be listed in Annex I of the CITES Convention. In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN as " Near Threatened (NT) ", ie classified as low risk.
The subspecies Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. andersonii, Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. dickisoniae, Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. flaviflorus, Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. gracilis, Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. schmiedickeanus and Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. schwarzii were in 2002 as " Critically Endangered (CR ) ', ie classified threatened with extinction. Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. klinkerianus was described as " Near Threatened (NT) ", ie classified as low risk. When you update the Red List of endangered species in 2009, the subspecies were not reassessed and removed from the list.