Turbinicarpus flaviflorus

As Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus ssp. flaviflorus

Taxonavigation

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

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Turbinicarpus
Species: Turbinicarpus flaviflorus

Name

Turbinicarpus flaviflorus Gerhart Frank & A.B.Lau, 1979

• Type: México. San Luís Potosí: Santa Rita, s.f., A.B. Lau 1185 (holotype ZSS, isotype MEXU 432549)

Synonyms

• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. flaviflorus (Gerhart Frank & A.B.Lau) Glass & R.A.Foster in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 51(3): 123. 1979 syn. sec. Aquino 2021
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus var. flaviflorus (Gerhart Frank & A.B.Lau) Glass & R.A.Foster in Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 51: 123. 1979 syn. sec. Aquino 2021
• Neolloydia schmiedickeana var. flaviflora (Gerhart Frank & A.B.Lau) E.F.Anderson in Bradleya 4: 20. 1986 syn. sec. Aquino 2021
• Pediocactus schmiedickeanus var. flaviflorus (Gerhart Frank & A.B.Lau) Halda in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 5: 21. 1998 syn. sec. Aquino 2021
• Turbinicarpus macrochele subsp. flaviflorus (Gerhart Frank & A.B.Lau) Doweld in Sukkulenty 3: 69. 2000 syn. sec. Aquino 2021
  

Note: This taxon is supported by CACO (2025) but not by other sources. See Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. flaviflorus for an alternative taxonomy.

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico San Luís Potosí References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Frank, G. & Lau, A.B. 1979. Kakteen And. Sukk. 30(1): 6.

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. 

Links

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Turbinicarpus flaviflorus in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 July 3. Reference page. 
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Turbinicarpus flaviflorus in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Turbinicarpus flaviflorus. Published online. Accessed: Nov 27 2021. Reference page.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Turbinicarpus flaviflorus. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Nov 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Turbinicarpus flaviflorus. 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 Nov 27. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

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