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Ariocarpus (livingrock)

Synonyms: Anhalonium; Neogomesia; Neogomezia; Roseocactus; Stromatocactus

Wikipedia Abstract

Ariocarpus is a genus of 8 species of succulent, subtropical plants of the Cactaceae family. The name comes from the ancient Greek "aria" (an oak type) and "carpos" (=fruit) because of the resemblance of the fruit of the two genus in acorn form. Another possibility for the origin of the name is the work Scheidweiler did on the tree Sorbus aria at the time he described the genus Ariocarpus. He might have meant the fruits of Ariocarpus plants look like the fruits of the Sorbus aria. Ariocarpus are endangered and quite rare in the wild.
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Species

External References

Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0