Turbinicarpus gielsdorfianus
Species of cactus
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Turbinicarpus gielsdorfianus is a species of flowering plant in the family Cactaceae.
| Turbinicarpus gielsdorfianus | |
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Embryophytes |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Turbinicarpus |
| Species: | T. gielsdorfianus |
| Binomial name | |
| Turbinicarpus gielsdorfianus (Werderm.) V.John & Říha | |
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It is a succulent cactus subshrub endemic to northeastern Mexico. It was discovered near Ciudad del Maíz in San Luis Potosí state, in dry mattoral shrubland on a rocky calcareous slope. It is part of an edaphic plant community called matorral rosetófilo which grows on calcareous substrates.[1]
It was thought to be extinct for some time until it was rediscovered. It is a Critically endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.[1]
The species was first described as Echinocactus gielsdorfianus by Erich Werdermann in 1929. In 1983 Václav John and Jan Říha placed the species in genus Turbinicarpus as T. gielsdorfianus.[3]
