''Turbinicarpus saueri'' is a species of
plant
Plants are predominantly photosynthetic eukaryotes of the kingdom Plantae. Historically, the plant kingdom encompassed all living things that were not animals, and included algae and fungi; however, all current definitions of Plantae exclu ...
in the family
Cactaceae
A cactus (, or less commonly, cactus) is a member of the plant family Cactaceae, a family comprising about 127 genera with some 1750 known species of the order Caryophyllales. The word ''cactus'' derives, through Latin, from the Ancient Gree ...
.
It is
endemic
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to
San Luis Potosí and
Tamaulipas
Tamaulipas (), officially the Free and Sovereign State of Tamaulipas ( es, Estado Libre y Soberano de Tamaulipas), is a state in the northeast region of Mexico; one of the 31 states which, along with Mexico City, comprise the 32 Federal Entiti ...
states, located in northeastern Mexico.
Its natural
habitat
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is hot
deserts.
Subspecies
,
Plants of the World Online accepts the following subspecies, some of which have been treated as separate species:
*''Turbinicarpus saueri'' subsp. ''gonzalezii''
Pavlícek & Zatloukal
*''Turbinicarpus saueri'' subsp. ''knuthianus''
(Boed.) Lüthy, syn. ''Turbinicarpus knuthianus''
(Boed.) V.John & Ríha
*''Turbinicarpus saueri'' subsp. ''nelissae''
Halda & Panar., syn. ''Turbinicarpus ysabelae''
*''Turbinicarpus saueri'' subsp. ''nieblae''
(García-Mor., Mart.-Aval. & Bergm.Beck.) A.Hofer
*''Turbinicarpus saueri'' subsp. ''saueri''
*''Turbinicarpus saueri'' subsp. ''septentrionalis''
Matusz. & Šnicer
*''Turbinicarpus saueri'' subsp. ''verduzcoi''
Zachar & Lux
Turbinicarpus knuthianus.jpg, ''Turbinicarpus saueri'' subsp. ''knuthianus''
Turbinicarpus ysabelae.jpg, ''Turbinicarpus saueri'' subsp. ''nelissae''
References
Sources
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External links
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saueri
Cacti of Mexico
Endemic flora of Mexico
Flora of San Luis Potosí
Flora of Tamaulipas
Vulnerable plants
Endangered biota of Mexico
Taxonomy articles created by Polbot
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