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Ariocarpus
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.
8 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Ariocarpus retusus
speciesAriocarpus retusus
Chautle Livingrock
speciesAriocarpus fissuratus
star rock
speciesAriocarpus kotschoubeyanus
Ariocarpus trigonus
speciesAriocarpus trigonus
Ariocarpus bravoanus
speciesAriocarpus bravoanus
Ariocarpus scaphirostrus
speciesAriocarpus scaphirostrus
Ariocarpus agavioides
speciesAriocarpus agavioides
Ariocarpus × drabi
hybridAriocarpus × drabi
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 156203.