Turbinicarpus saueri

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Cacteae
Genus: Turbinicarpus
Subgenus: T. subg. Gymnocactus
Sectio: T. sect. Gymnocactus
Species:
Subspecies: T. s. subsp. gonzalezii – T. s. subsp. knuthianus – T. s. subsp. nelissae – T. s. subsp. nieblae – T. s. subsp. saueri – T. s. subsp. septentionalis – T. s. subsp. verduzcoi
Note: CACO prefer to elevate number of subspecies to species, this circumscription sensu POWO

Turbinicarpus saueri (Boed.) V.John & Říha, Kaktusy (Brno) 19: 22 (1983)

• Type: Lectotype: [illustration] “Echinocactus Sauerii Böd. spec. nov. 1928” in Z. Sukkulentenk. 3: 362. 1928

• Basionym
  • Echinocactus saueri Boed., Z. Sukkulentenk. 3: 362 (1928)
• Homotypic
  • Gymnocactus saueri (Boed.) Backeb., Cactaceae (Berlin) 1941(2): 59 (1942)
  • Neolloydia saueri (Boed.) F.M.Knuth in C.Backeberg & F.M.Knuth, Kaktus-ABC: 367 (1936)
  • Pediocactus saueri (Boed.) Halda, Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 5: 18 (1998)
  • Thelocactus saueri (Boed.) Borg, Cacti (Borg): 281 (1937)

• John, V. & Ríha, J. 1983. Kaktusy (Brno) 19: 22.

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• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Turbinicarpus saueri in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 Mar 30. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Turbinicarpus saueri. Published online. Accessed: Mar 30 2021. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Turbinicarpus saueri in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 27. Reference page. 
• Tropicos.org 2021. Turbinicarpus saueri. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 30 Mar 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Turbinicarpus saueri. 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 30. Reference page. 
• USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Turbinicarpus saueri in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

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