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Turbinicarpus lophophoroides is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is a succulent cactus subshrub endemic to northeastern Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and hot deserts. It is threatened by illegal collecting, habitat loss and insect parasitism.
The species was first described as Thelocactus lophophoroides by Erich Werdermann in 1934. In 1937 Franz Buxbaum and Curt Backeberg placed the species in genus Turbinicarpus as T. lophophoroides.
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Text excerpted from the Wikipedia article Turbinicarpus lophophoroides by its contributors, under CC BY-SA 4.0; the excerpts are shared under the same licence.
Life form, climate and native range: World Checklist of Vascular Plants, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew (CC BY 3.0), reformatted; see Plants of the World Online.
