Turbinicarpus lophophoroides

{{Short description|Species of cactus}}

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|status = NT

|status_system = IUCN3.1

|status2 = CITES_A1

|status2_system = CITES

|status2_ref = {{Cite web|title = Appendices {{!}} CITES|url = https://cites.org/eng/app/appendices.php|access-date = 2022-01-14|website = cites.org}}

|image = Turbinicarpus lophophoroides.jpg

|taxon = Turbinicarpus lophophoroides

|authority = (Werderm.) Buxb. & Backeb.

|status_ref = {{cite iucn |author = Smith, M. |author2 = Fitz Maurice, W.A. |author3 = Fitz Maurice, B. |author4 = Sotomayor, M. |date = 2017 |title = Turbinicarpus lophophoroides |volume = 2017 |page = e.T40981A121558149 |doi = 10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T40981A121558149.en |access-date = 13 November 2021}}

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Turbinicarpus lophophoroides is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitats are subtropical or tropical dry lowland grassland and hot deserts. It is threatened by illegal collecting, habitat loss and insect parasitism.

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  • {{cite iucn |author=Smith, M. |author2=Fitz Maurice, W.A. |author3=Fitz Maurice, B. |author4=Sotomayor, M. |date=2017 |title=Turbinicarpus lophophoroides |volume=2017 |page=e.T40981A121558149 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2017-3.RLTS.T40981A121558149.en |access-date=13 November 2021}}