Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus

Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Turbinicarpus
Species: T. pseudopectinatus
Binomial name
Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus
(Backeb.) Glass & R.C.Foster

Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus is a species of plant in the Cactaceae family. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are temperate forests and hot deserts. Inside the complex of species Turbinicarpus pseudopectinatus has been inserted Pelecyphora 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.

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