Acharagma

Acharagma
Acharagma roseana
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Cacteae
Genus:	Acharagma (N.P.Taylor) Zimmerman ex Glass [1]
Type species
Acharagma aguirreanum
Species
See text.
Synonyms
Escobaria sect. AcharagmaN.P.Taylor, Kakteen And. Sukk. 1983

Acharagma is a genus of two cactus species from northern Mexico. ^[1]

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 October 2025 ^[update] , Plants of the World Online accepts three species. ^[1]

Image	Scientific name	Distribution
	Acharagma aguirreanum (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass	Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico
	Acharagma galeanense (Haugg) Lodé	Mexico (Coahuila)
	Acharagma roseanum (Boed.) E.F.Anderson	Coahuila de Zaragoza, Nuevo Leon, Mexico

References

1. "Acharagma (N.P.Taylor) Zimmerman ex Glass", Plants of the World Online, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2021-12-02

• Edward F. Anderson, The Cactus Family (Timber Press, 2001), pp. 108–109
• Zsolt Elhart, CactusWorld 29(2): 105. 2011

External links

• Media related to Acharagma at Wikimedia Commons
• Data related to Acharagma at Wikispecies