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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

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



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