Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus

Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus
Conservation status
Near Threatened  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Turbinicarpus
Species:	T. schmiedickeanus
Binomial name
Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus (Boed.) Buxb. & Backeb.
Subspecies
See text.

Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.

As of March 2022^[update], Plants of the World Online accepts the following subspecies, many of which have been treated as separate species:^[3]

• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. andersonii Mosco
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. bonatzii (Gerhart Frank) Panar., syn. Turbinicarpus bonatzii Gerhart Frank^[4]
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. dickisoniae (Glass & R.A.Foster) N.P.Taylor
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. flaviflorus (Gerhart Frank & A.B.Lau) Glass
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. gracilis (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. jauernigii (G.Frank) D.R.Hunt, syn. Turbinicarpus jauernigii Gerhart Frank^[5]
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. klinkerianus (Backeb. & H.Jacobsen) N.P.Taylor
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. macrochele (Werderm.) N.P.Taylor
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. rioverdensis (Gerhart Frank) Zachar, syn. Turbinicarpus rioverdensis Gerhart Frank^[6]
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. rubriflorus (Gerhart Frank) Panar.
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. sanchezii-mejoradae García-Mor., Gonz.-Bot. & Vargas-Vázq.
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. schmiedickeanus
• Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. schwarzii (Shurly) N.P.Taylor

• 
  Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. bonatzii
• 
  Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. jauernigii
• 
  Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. rioverdensis

It is endemic to Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas states of northeastern Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.

It is threatened by habitat loss.

• Fitz Maurice, B.; Fitz Maurice, W.A.; Sotomayor, M.; Smith, M. (2017). "Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T40989A121558503. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T40989A121558503.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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• Data related to Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus at Wikispecies