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Turbinicarpus lophophoroides f. monstruosus hort.

Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Turbinicarpus lophophoroides (Werderm.) Buxb. & Backeb.
Jahrb. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 1937, 1st Teil, 27 et in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1937(1): Blatt 27. [25 Mai 1937] (Often misspelled "lophophorioides")

Turbinicarpus lophophoroides f. monstruosus Photo by: Cactus Art

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides (Werderm.) Buxb. & Backeb.
Jahrb. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 1937, 1st Teil, 27 et in Cactaceae (Berlin) 1937(1): Blatt 27. [25 Mai 1937] (Often misspelled "lophophorioides")
Synonymy: 8
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Turbinicarpus lophophoroides group

  • Turbinicarpus lophophoroides (Werderm.) Buxb. & Backeb.: Dwarfed usually solitary, flattened globose cactus with large flowers. It specific name remember us that it resembles the genus Lophophora.
  • Turbinicarpus lophophoroides f. cristatus hort.: This crested plant is recognizable without problems for the areoles with white wool (when young), soon becoming bare.
  • Turbinicarpus lophophoroides f. monstruosus hort.: Odd mutant that forms small compact mound up to 10 cm in diameter. It looks like a strange marine creature than a cactus, similar to a dark coral with hundreds of white individual polyps, each polyp only a few millimetres in diameter.

2423 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides f. monstruosus Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
2419 cactus-art Cactus Art
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides f. monstruosus Photo by: Cactus Art

2420 cactus-art Cactus Art
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides f. monstruosus Photo by: Cactus Art
2421 cactus-art Cactus Art
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides f. monstruosus Photo by: Cactus Art

3420 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides f. monstruosus Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
2424 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides f. monstruosus Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

2422 cactus-art Cactus Art
Turbinicarpus lophophoroides f. monstruosus Photo by: Cactus Art
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