Acharagma aguirreanum
Acharagma aguirreanum is a critically endangered microendemic cactus. It has a range of about one square kilometer in the calcareous 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.
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Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Eudicots |
| Order: | Caryophyllales |
| Family: | Cactaceae |
| Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
| Genus: | Acharagma |
| Species: | A. aguirreanum |
| Binomial name | |
| Acharagma aguirreanum (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass | |
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References
- "IUCN Redlist entry for Acharagma aguirreanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 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". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Retrieved 2017-04-21.
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