Southern Texas

• Northern and eastern Mexico
• Slow-growing geophytic cacti

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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 ...

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Ariocarpus \Ariocarpus\ prop. n. 1. 1 a genus of slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas. Syn: genus Ariocarpus .