Acharagma aguirreanum

Acharagma aguirreanum
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
(unranked): Angiosperms
(unranked): Eudicots
(unranked): Core eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Acharagma
Species: A. aguirreanum
Binomial name
Acharagma aguirreanum
(Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass
Synonyms[1]
  • Escobaria aguirreana (Glass & R.C.Foster) N.P.Taylor
  • Gymnocactus aguirreanus Glass & R.A.Foster

Acharagma aguirreanum is a critically endangered microendemic cactus. It has a range of about one square kilometer in the calcerous semi-desert of the Sierra de la Paila in Coahuila, Mexico. Its population is estimated at less than 1000 individuals. Its only major threat is illegal collecting.

References

  1. 1 2 "IUCN Redlist entry for Acharagma aguirreanum". Retrieved 2017-04-21.
  • Anderson, E.F., Fitz Maurice, W.A. & Fitz Maurice, B. 2002. Escobaria aguirreana. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 21 August 2007.
  • "IUCN Redlist entry for Acharagma aguirreanum". Retrieved 2017-04-21.


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