Acharagma aguirreanum

(Acharagma aguirreanum)

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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:

Kingdom: Plantae

Phylum:

Class: Magnoliopsida

Order:Caryophyllales

Family:Cactaceae

Genus:Acharagma

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