Acharagma
{{Short description|Genus of cacti}}
{{more footnotes|date=December 2021}}
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|image = Escobaria roseana.jpg
|image_caption = Acharagma roseana
|taxon = Acharagma
|authority = (N.P.Taylor) Zimmerman ex Glass
|subdivision_ranks = Species
|subdivision = See text.
}}
Acharagma is a genus of two cactus species from northern Mexico.{{citation |title=Acharagma (N.P.Taylor) Zimmerman ex Glass |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:1201462-2 |access-date=2021-12-02 }}
Description
These cacti are usually solitary but sometimes occur in small clusters. The globose stems tend to be about 3–7 cm in diameter. The ribs have tubercles, with ungrooved areoles. The flowers are at the stem tips, and range from cream to pink and yellow.
The genus is of relatively recent creation, the species originally being described as part of Escobaria, although recognized as a separate section by Nigel Taylor in 1983, and raised to a genus by Charlie Glass in 1998.
Species
{{As of|2021|December}}, Plants of the World Online accepts two species. A third possible species, A. huasteca, described in 2011, is considered to be a synonym of Acharagma roseanum subsp. galeanense.{{citation |title=Acharagma huasteca Elhart |work=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew|url=https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77112450-1 |access-date=2021-12-02 }}
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| Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
|---|---|---|
| 120px | Acharagma aguirreanum (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass | Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico |
| 120px | Acharagma roseanum (Boed.) E.F.Anderson | Coahuila de Zaragoza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico |
References
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- Edward F. Anderson, The Cactus Family (Timber Press, 2001), pp. 108–109
- Zsolt Elhart, CactusWorld 29(2): 105. 2011
External links
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Category:Endemic flora of Mexico
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