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Genus: Ariocarpus Life
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> Order: Caryophyllales >
Familty: Cactaceae
About five species, native to Mexico with one species also
extending into Texas. Four species have been recorded as being cultivated in
southern Africa.
Species cultivated in southern Africa
List from Glen (2002).
Ariocarpus fissuratus (Chautle
living rock, False peyote)
Native to Texas and Mexico. |
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Ariocarpus kotschoubeyanus
Native to Mexico. |
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Ariocarpus retusus (Living rock,
Seven stars)
[= Ariocarpus trigonus]
Native to Mexico. |
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Ariocarpus scaphirostrus
Native to Mexico. |
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