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Acharagma aguirreanum (Acharagma aguirreanum)

Description

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.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Cactaceae

              • Genus: Acharagma