Turbinicarpus

Turbinicarpus alonsoi

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Eudicots Cladus: Core eudicots Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Turbinicarpus
Subgenera: T. subg. Gymnocactus – T. subg. Turbinicarpus
Species: T. alonsoi – T. boedekerianus – T. bonatzii – T. dickisoniae – T. flaviflorus – T. gielsdorfianus – T. graminispinus – T. hoferi – T. jauernigii – T. knuthianus – T. laui – T. lophophoroides – T. nieblae – T. nikolae – T. pseudopectinatus – T. rioverdensis – T. saueri – T. schmiedickeanus – T. schwarzii – T. swobodae – T. valdezianus – T. viereckii – T. ysabelae
Natural Nothospecies: T. × amoenulus – T. × mombergeri – T. × roseiflorus –

Name

Turbinicarpus (Backeb.) Buxb. & Backeb. (1937)

• Type species: Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus (Boed.) Buxb. & Backeb. (1937)

Synonyms

• Heterotypic
  • Gymnocactus Backeb., Blätt. Kakteenf. 1938(6): [22]. 1938.
    • Type species: Gymnocactus saueri (Boed.) Backeb.
  • Gymnocactus V.John & Říha, Kaktusy (Brno) 19(1): 22. 1981, nom. illeg. non Backeb. (1938).
    • Type species: Gymnocactus beguinii (F.A.C.Weber ex K.Schum.) Backeb.
  • Normanbokea Kladiwa & Buxb., Kakteen (H. Krainz) 40/41: Gen. [CVIIb]. 1969.
    • Type species: Normanbokea valdeziana (H.Moeller) Kladiwa & Buxb.
  • Pseudosolisia Y.Itô, Cactaceae: 477. 1981.
    • Type: Pseudosolisia valdeziana (H.Moeller) Y.Itô (1981)
      

Npte: Species circumscription differs significantly between the sources below and CACO includes both natural and artificial nothospecies. See Table 1 Vazquez-Sanchez (2019) for an example of the still unresolved problem.

References

Primary references

• Buxbaum, F. & Backeberg, C. 1937. Cactaceae. Jahrbücher der Deutschen Kakteen-Gesellschaft e. V. Berlin 1937(1): 27.

Additional references

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 
• Vazquez-Sanchez, M., Sánchez, D., Terrazas, T., De La Rosa-Tilapa, A. & Arias, S. 2019. Polyphyly of the iconic cactus genus Turbinicarpus (Cactaceae) and its generic circumscription. Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 190(4): 405-420. DOI: 10.1093/botlinnean/boz027 ResearchGate Reference page. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Turbinicarpus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 9. Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Turbinicarpus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Jan. 11. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2025. Turbinicarpus. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 9 2025. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Turbinicarpus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 29 Mar 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Turbinicarpus. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Mar 29. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

• English: Top Cactus
• suomi: Keijukaktukset
• svenska: Småkaktussläktet

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