Biology:Rapicactus zaragosae

Short description: Species of cactus

Rapicactus zaragosae
Conservation status
Vulnerable (IUCN 3.1)
CITES Appendix I (CITES)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Genus:	Rapicactus
Species:	R. zaragosae
Binomial name
Rapicactus zaragosae (Glass & R.A.Foster) D.Donati
Synonyms
Gymnocactus subterraneus var. zaragosae Glass & R.A.Foster (Glass & R.A.Foster) Doweld (Glass & R.A.Foster) Doweld (Glass & R.A.Foster) D.R.Hunt Turbinicarpus mandragora subsp. zaragosae Pediocactus subterraneus var. zaragosae (Glass & R.A.Foster) Lüthy Neolloydia subterranea var. zaragosae (Glass & R.A.Foster) Halda (Glass & R.A.Foster) Zachar Turbinicarpus subterraneus var. zaragosae Rapicactus subterraneus subsp. zaragosae (Glass & R.A.Foster) A.D.Zimmerman Neolloydia subterranea subsp. zaragosae (Glass & R.A.Foster) E.F.Anderson (Glass & R.A.Foster) Lüthy (Glass & R.A.Foster) Glass & A.Hofer Thelocactus subterraneus var. zaragosae Neolloydia zaragosae (Glass & R.A.Foster) Bravo Turbinicarpus zaragosae Turbinicarpus subterraneus subsp. zaragosae Turbinicarpus beguinii subsp. zaragosae

Rapicactus zaragosae, synonym Turbinicarpus zaragosae, is a species of plant in the family Cactaceae. It is endemic to Mexico. Its natural habitat is hot deserts. It is threatened by habitat destruction.

References

• Anderson, E.F., Fitz Maurice, W.A. & Fitz Maurice, B. 2002. Turbinicarpus zaragosae. 2006 IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. Downloaded on 23 August 2007.

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