Turbinicarpus bonatzii

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Turbinicarpus bonatzii
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Turbinicarpus bonatzii

Systematics
Order : Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family : Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily : Cactoideae
Tribe : Cacteae
Genre : Turbinicarpus
Type : Turbinicarpus bonatzii
Scientific name
Turbinicarpus bonatzii
Gerhart Frank

Turbinicarpus bonatzii is a species of plant in the genus Turbinicarpus from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Turbinicarpus bonatzii grows individually with dark green, depressed spherical to spherical bodies and has a short, thick beet root. The bodies reach a diameter of 1.5 to 2 centimeters. Their humps are conical to rhomboid. There is a single brown central spine with a length of 12 to 25 millimeters. The 1 to 2 radial spines are white with a darker tip and 3 to 5 millimeters long.

The pink flowers have lighter edges. They are up to 1 centimeter long and have a diameter of 1.2 to 1.5 centimeters. The round, greenish fruits are fleshy when ripe.

Systematics, distribution and endangerment

Turbinicarpus bonatzii is common in the Mexican state of San Luis Potosí . It was first described in 1992 by Gerhart Frank . Little is known about the species. It may belong to Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus . Synonyms are Pediocactus bonatzii (Gerhart Frank) Halda and Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. bonatzii (Gerhart Frank) Panar.

Turbinicarpus bonatzii is listed in Appendix I of the Washington Convention on Endangered Species . In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN it was in 2002 as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. classified as endangered. During the 2009 update, the species was not reevaluated and removed from the red list.

proof

literature

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Succulenta . Volume 71, No. 6, p. 280, 1992
  2. Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Listed by: Fitz Maurice, B, Fitz Maurice, WA, Sotomayor, M. & Smith, M., 2009. Retrieved December 2, 2013.

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