Ariocarpus

Ariocarpus
Ariocarpus fissuratus
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Cacteae
Genus: Ariocarpus
Scheidw.
Species

See text.

Synonyms[1][2]
  • Anhalonium Lem., nom. illeg.
  • Neogomesia Castañeda
  • Roseocactus A.Berger

Ariocarpus is a small genus of succulent, subtropical plants of the family Cactaceae.

It comes from limestone hills of Rio Grande in the south of Texas (Ariocarpus fissuratus) and also the north and the center of Mexico (all other species including A. fissuratus forms known as A. loydii and A. fissuratus var. intermedius) with strong sunshine exposures.

Ariocarpus are endangered and quite rare in the wild.

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