| Kadenicarpus horripilus | |
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| Conservation status | |
 Endangered (IUCN 3.1) | |
| CITES Appendix I (CITES) | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Kadenicarpus |
| Species: | K. horripilus |
| Binomial name | |
| Kadenicarpus horripilus (Lem.) Vázquez-Sánchez | |
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Kadenicarpus horripilus is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.
It is an endangered species, threatened by habitat loss.
Description
Kadenicarpus horripilus often grows sprouting with olive-green, spherical to elongated spherical bodies and fibrous roots. The bodies reach growth heights of 7 to 18 cm (2.8 to 7.1 in) and a diameter of 4 to 6.5 cm (1.6 to 2.6 in). Their clearly pronounced conical cusps are 5 to 7 mm (0.20 to 0.28 in) high. The plant usually a single, protruding, straight, whitish central spine that is dark at the tip. It reaches a length of 12 to 18 mm (0.47 to 0.71 in). The 12 to 14 straight radial spines are white with a dark tip, protruding and 9 to 11 mm (0.35 to 0.43 in) long.
The flowers are magenta with a white throat. They are 2.2 to 3.1 cm (0.87 to 1.22 in) long and have a diameter of 2.5 to 3.5 cm (0.98 to 1.38 in). The elongated, greenish-red fruits turn yellowish-brownish when ripe. They are 4 to 6 mm (0.16 to 0.24 in) long and reach a diameter of 3 to 5 mm (0.12 to 0.20 in).
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Flowers
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Turbinicarpus horripilus from Blühende Kakteen - Iconographia Cactacearum, Tafel 6
Distribution
It is endemic to Hidalgo state in Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts.
Taxonomy
It was first described as Mammillaria horripila in 1838 by Charles Lemaire. The specific epithet horripilus is derived from the Latin words horrere for 'shudder' and pilus for 'hair' and refers to the thorns of the species. Monserrat Vázquez-Sánchez placed the species in the genus Kadenicarpus in 2019. Further nomenclature synonym are Echinocactus horripilus (Lem.) Lem. (1839), Neolloydia horripila (Lem.) Britton & Rose (1923), Gymnocactus horripilus (Lem. ex C.F.Först.) Backeb. (1951), Thelocactus horripilus (Lem.) Kladiwa (1970), Thelocactus horripilus (Lem.) Kladiwa & Fittkau (1975), Turbinicarpus horripilus (Lem.) V.John & Říha (1983), Bravocactus horripilus (Lem.) ( 1998) and Pediocactus horripilus (Lem.) Halda (1998)
References
- Guadalupe Martínez, J.; Fitz Maurice, W.A.; Fitz Maurice, B (2013). "Turbinicarpus horripilus". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2013: e.T40977A2948794. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2013-1.RLTS.T40977A2948794.en. Retrieved 15 November 2021.
- "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "Kadenicarpus horripilus (Lem.) Vázquez-Sánchez". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 2022-03-07.
- Anderson, Edward F.; Eggli, Urs (2005). Das grosse Kakteen-Lexikon (in German). Stuttgart (Hohenheim): Ulmer. p. 630. ISBN 3-8001-4573-1.
- Lemaire, C.A. (1838). Cactearum aliquot novarum ac insuetarum in horto Monvilliano cultarum accurata descriptio: fasc. 1 (in Latin). Apud F. G. Levrault. p. 7. Retrieved 2023-12-03.
- Vázquez-sánchez, Monserrat; Sánchez, Daniel; Terrazas, Teresa; De La Rosa-Tilapa, Alejandro; Arias, Salvador (2019-07-10). "Polyphyly of the iconic cactus genus Turbinicarpus (Cactaceae) and its generic circumscription". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society. 190 (4). Oxford University Press (OUP): 405–420. doi:10.1093/botlinnean/boz027. ISSN 0024-4074.
External links
Media related to Kadenicarpus horripilus at Wikimedia Commons
Data related to Kadenicarpus horripilus at Wikispecies- Turbinicarpus (Turbinicarpus horripilus) media from ARKive
| Taxon identifiers | |
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| Kadenicarpus horripilus | |
| Turbinicarpus horripilus |
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| Mammillaria horripila | |