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Conservation status
Critically Endangered (IUCN 3.1)
Scientific classification
Genus:	Acharagma
Species:	aguirreanum
Synonyms
Escobaria aguirreana (Glass & R.C.Foster) N.P.Taylor Gymnocactus aguirreanus Glass & R.A.Foster

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.

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