Turbinicarpus swobodae
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Turbinicarpus swobodae is a species of plant in the genus Turbinicarpus from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Turbinicarpus swobodae grows individually with dark gray-green, depressed spherical to short cylindrical bodies and has fiber roots. The bodies reach heights of growth of about 3 centimeters and a diameter of 5 centimeters. Their irregular pyramidal humps are 3 to 5 millimeters high. There are 4 to 6 non-corky thorns that are whitish at the base and dark gray or black towards the tip and are 4 to 13 millimeters long.
The white to cream-colored or bright yellow flowers are 1 to 1.6 centimeters long and 1.3 to 2.2 centimeters in diameter. The initially greenish fruits turn brownish later. They are 5 to 7 millimeters long and reach a diameter of 3.5 to 4 millimeters.
Systematics, distribution and endangerment
Turbinicarpus swobodae is widespread in the Mexican state of Nuevo León . The first description was in 1987 by Lothar Diers . Turbinicarpus swobodae is listed in Appendix I of the Washington Convention on Endangered Species . In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is it as " Critically Endangered (CR) , d". H. classified as critically endangered.
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literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 635 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Cacti and other succulents . Volume 38, Number 4, 1987, pp. 86-91
- ↑ Turbinicarpus swobodae in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2009. Posted by: Anderson, EF, Fitz Maurice, WA, Fitz Maurice, B. & Hofer, A., 2002. Retrieved on January 16 of 2010.
