Ariocarpus agavoides subs. pulcher

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Ariocarpus agavoides subs. pulcher Halda & Horáček
Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 10(2): 149 (fig. 2). 2003
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Ariocarpus agavoides (Castañeda) E.F.Anderson
Amer. J. Bot. xlix. 615 (1962). (Occasionally misspelled agavioides)

Origin and Habitat: Tamaulipas (Mexico Northeast, Mexico, Northern America)

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Ariocarpus agavoides (Castañeda) E.F.Anderson
Amer. J. Bot. xlix. 615 (1962).
Synonymy: 8

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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Ariocarpus agavoides group

Ariocarpus agavoides (Castañeda) E.F.Anderson: Small rosette shaped succulent with stiff, rough, dark green tubercles. It looks very little like a cactus and more like a Haworthia (or a small Agave, hence the name)
Ariocarpus agavoides f. mostuosus: Monstrous, very free branching plant with short tubercles, forms soon tight mounds.
Ariocarpus agavoides subs. pulcher Halda & Horáček
Ariocarpus agavoides subs. sanluisensis Sotom., Arred., Sánchez Barra & Mart.Mend.: The uncommon characteristic of this rare population is the presence of spines in the areoles.

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