Turbinicarpus rioverdensis

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

Turbinicarpus rioverdensis Gerhart Frank, Succulenta (Netherlands) 71: 66. (1992)

• Holotype: Mexico, San Luís Potosí: near Río Verde, 1989, Jauernig 64 (WU).

• Homotypic
  • Pediocactus rioverdensis (Gerhart Frank) Halda in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 5: 22. (1998)
  • Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. rioverdensis (Gerhart Frank) Zachar, Gen. Turbinicarpus: 83. (2004)
• Heterotypic
  • Turbinicarpus rioverdensis subsp. paoloi Halda & Kupčák in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 9: 77. (2002)
  • Turbinicarpus paoloi (Halda & Kupčák) Halda & Malina in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 10: 159. (2003)
    

Note: Accepted by CACO (2025) but not by POWO (2025), see Turbinicarpus schmiedickeanus subsp. rioverdensis for an alternative taxonomy.

• Frank, G. 1992. Succulenta (Netherlands) 71(2): 66

• Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist, ed. 3: 1–174. PDF. Reference page. 
• 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. 

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2025. Turbinicarpus rioverdensis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2025 June 27. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Turbinicarpus rioverdensis. Published online. Accessed: Nov 27 2021. Reference page.
• Korotkova, N. et al. 2025. Turbinicarpus rioverdensis 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 rioverdensis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 27 Nov 2021. Reference page.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Turbinicarpus rioverdensis. 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. 

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