Acharagma aguirreanum | |
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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.