Turbinicarpus saueri
Conservation status
Vulnerable  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
CITES Appendix I (CITES)[2]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Turbinicarpus
Species:	T. saueri
Binomial name
Turbinicarpus saueri (Boed.) V.John & Ríha[3]
Subspecies
See text.

Turbinicarpus saueri is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae.

It is endemic to San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas states, located in northeastern Mexico.

Its natural habitat is hot deserts.

As of March 2022, Plants of the World Online accepts the following subspecies, some of which have been treated as separate species:^[3]

• Turbinicarpus saueri subsp. gonzalezii Pavlícek & Zatloukal
• Turbinicarpus saueri subsp. knuthianus (Boed.) Lüthy, syn. Turbinicarpus knuthianus (Boed.) V.John & Ríha^[4]
• Turbinicarpus saueri subsp. nelissae Halda & Panar., syn. Turbinicarpus ysabelae^[5]
• Turbinicarpus saueri subsp. nieblae (García-Mor., Mart.-Aval. & Bergm.Beck.) A.Hofer
• Turbinicarpus saueri subsp. saueri
• Turbinicarpus saueri subsp. septentrionalis Matusz. & Šnicer
• Turbinicarpus saueri subsp. verduzcoi Zachar & Lux

• 
  Turbinicarpus saueri subsp. knuthianus
• 
  Turbinicarpus saueri subsp. nelissae

• Sotomayor, M.; Smith, M. (2017). "Turbinicarpus saueri". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2017: e.T151199A121562513. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T151199A121562513.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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