Acharagma aguirreanum is a critically endangered microendemic cactus. It has a range of about one square kilometer in the calcareous semi-desert of the Sierra de la Paila in Coahuila, Mexico. Its population is estimated at less than 1000 individuals. Its only major threat is illegal collecting.

Acharagma aguirreanum
Conservation status
Critically Endangered  (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Acharagma
Species:	A. aguirreanum
Binomial name
Acharagma aguirreanum (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass
Synonyms[2]
Escobaria aguirreana (Glass & R.C.Foster) N.P.Taylor Gymnocactus aguirreanus Glass & R.A.Foster

References

• Anderson, E.F.; Fitz Maurice, B.; Fitz Maurice, W.A. (2002). "Acharagma aguirreanum". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2002: e.T40966A48029004. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2002.RLTS.T40966A48029004.en. Retrieved 12 November 2021.

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