Turbinicarpus valdezianus(H.Moeller) Glass & R.A.Foster

WFO wfo-0001256603 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Turbinicarpus valdezianus, photographed by Francisco Martínez González
fig. a Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 / 2022-02-10 / obs. 180116949
Turbinicarpus valdezianus, photographed by Francisco Martínez González
fig. b Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 180116569
Turbinicarpus valdezianus, photographed by Francisco Martínez González
fig. c Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 113608272
Turbinicarpus valdezianus, photographed by Francisco Martínez González
fig. d Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 113608521
Turbinicarpus valdezianus, photographed by Francisco Martínez González
fig. e Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 113608341
Turbinicarpus valdezianus, photographed by Francisco Martínez González
fig. f Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 113608358
Turbinicarpus valdezianus, photographed by Francisco Martínez González
fig. g Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 113608259
Turbinicarpus valdezianus, photographed by Francisco Martínez González
fig. h Francisco Martínez González, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 113608318

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Native range 1 botanical country

Regions where Turbinicarpus valdezianus is native: Mexico Northeast Mexico Northeast
Native distribution of Turbinicarpus valdezianus, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Northeast MXE NORTHERN AMERICA

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 15 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Echinocactus valdezianus (H.Moeller) Boed.
  • Gymnocactus valdezianus (H.Moeller) Backeb.
  • Gymnocactus valdezianus var. albiflorus (Pazout) Backeb.
  • Mammillaria valdeziana (H.Moeller) H.P.Kelsey & Dayton
  • Neolloydia valdeziana (H.Moeller) E.F.Anderson
  • Normanbokea valdeziana (H.Moeller) Kladiwa & Buxb.
  • Pediocactus valdezianus (H.Moeller) Halda
  • Pelecyphora plumosa Boed. & Ritter
  • Pelecyphora valdeziana H.Moeller
  • Pelecyphora valdeziana var. albiflora Pazout
  • Pseudosolisia valdeziana (H.Moeller) Y.Itô
  • Pseudosolisia valdeziana var. albiflora Y.Itô
  • Thelocactus valdezianus (H.Moeller) Borg
  • Turbinicarpus valdezianus var. albiflorus (Pažout) Zachar, Staník, Lux & Dráb
  • Turbinicarpus valdezianus var. pazoutii Halda & Malina

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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