TAXONOMY

TURBINICARPUS  VALDEZIANUS is a very new name for this cactus. Some former names for this cactus have been...

PELECYPHORA  FIMBRIATA
Since 1892 or 1893 this cactus has been known in Germany under the name PELECYPHORA FIMBRIATA. The plant seems to be not validly published but only known under this name within gardeners.

PELECYPHORA  VALDEZIANA    1930  MÖLLER
Möllers brother lived in Mexico and had sent 1927 or 1928 some cacti to Möller in Switzerland. Möller was a medic with a great interest for botany and well known for his prowess in the field. He honoured the discoverer naming the cactus after his brothers wife and published this in his own magazine "H. MÖLLERS DEUTSCHE GÄRTNERZEITUNG" 21(15): 179, 1930 in german.

ECHINOCACTUS  VALDEZIANUS   1930  (MÖLLER) BÖDEKER

PELECYPHORA  PLUMOSA            1930  (MÖLLER)  BÖDEKER & RITTER

THELOCACTUS  VALDEZIANUS     1937  (MÖLLER)  HELIA BRAVO

GYMNOCACTUS  VALDEZIANUS    1961  (MÖLLER)  BACKEBERG

NORMANBOKEA  VALDEZIANA      196...  (MÖLLER)  KLADIWA & BACKEBERG

TURBINICARPUS  VALDEZIANUS  1977  (MÖLLER)  GLASS & FOSTER