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Turbinicarpus beguinii var. senilis
(syn: Gymnocactus beguinii var. senilis)

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T. beguinii var. senilis
This form (or cultivar) grows relativeley fast up to 18-25 cm tall and has a dense covering of glassy white long curved spines. As plants ages became brown and corky towards the base.

 

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Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Conservation status: Listed in CITES Appendix I

Gymnocactus beguinii var. senilis Y. Ito

Scientific Name: Turbinicarpus beguinii (N. P. Taylor) Mosco et Zanovello 1997  
Published in: Bradleya; Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 15: 81, 1997

Origin:  Coahuila, Mexico ? Rowley (Rep. Pl. Succ. 23: 8, 1972) considers this to be merely a long spined cultivar (Nursery produced ) and is treated as a synonym of T. mandragora ssp. beguinii by Jonas M. Lüthy.

Group:  Gymnocactus group (Saueri aggregate)

Synonyms:

  • Turbinicarpus beguinii ssp. senilis Zachar & Lux
  • Gymnocactus beguinii var. senilis Y. Ito
    Published in: The Cactaceae, 1981:475
  • Neolloydia smithii v senilis


Flower are broadly funnel-shaped bright magenta .
Length and diameter of the flower 3-5 cm.
 

 

 
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