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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]
Species
See text.

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

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 Charles Glass in 1998.

As of December 2021^[update], Plants of the World Online accepts two species.^[1] A third possible species, A. huasteca, described in 2011, is considered to be a synonym of Acharagma roseanum subsp. galeanense.^[2]

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

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

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

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