Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus is a species of plant

Plant

Plants are living organisms belonging to the kingdom Plantae. Precise definitions of the kingdom vary, but as the term is used here, plants include familiar organisms such as trees, flowers, herbs, bushes, grasses, vines, ferns, mosses, and green algae. The group is also called green plants or...

 in the Cactaceae family. It is endemic to Mexico

Mexico

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. Its natural habitat

Habitat

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s are temperate forest

Forest

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s and hot desert

Desert

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s. Inside the complex of species Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus has been inserted Pelecyphora

Pelecyphora

Pelecyphora is a genus of cacti, comprising 2 species. They originate from Mexico.Pelecyphora is known for its medicinal properties and may have been utilized as a psychoactive in the same way as Lophophora williamsii. It is known as "Peyotillo"....

pulcherrima (Sabatini, 1991), which is characterized, when an adult, for a brief and clear central spine, angled of 45° to the body of the plant.

Source

• Anderson, E.F., Fitz Maurice, W.A. & Fitz Maurice, B. 2002. Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.