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Definition of Ariocarpus
1. Noun. Slow-growing geophytic cacti; northern and eastern Mexico; southern Texas.
Generic synonyms: Caryophylloid Dicot Genus
Group relationships: Cactaceae, Cactus Family, Family Cactaceae
Member holonyms: Ariocarpus Fissuratus, Living Rock
Lexicographical Neighbors of Ariocarpus
Literary usage of Ariocarpus
Below you will find example usage of this term as found in modern and/or classical literature:
1. The Journal of Heredity by American Genetic Association (1915)
"On account of the laws of priority the generic name Ariocarpus must be retained
... In the genus Ariocarpus (Anhalonium) the tubercles are very prominent, ..."
2. The Cactaceae: Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family by Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose (1922)
"Ariocarpus retusus Scheidweiler, Bull. Acad. Sei. Brux. 5: 492. 1838. ...
'Sometimes in Ariocarpus retusus small spines are produced in the aréoles near the ..."
3. Bulletin of the American Museum of Natural History by American Museum of Natural History (1914)
"The Ariocarpus is the same, apparently, as an unde- scribed species from the
Raton formation, while the others, if correctly identified, should indicate ..."
4. Botanisches Zentralblatt: Referierendes Organ für das Gesamtgebiet der Botanik by Botanischer Verein in München, Deutsche Botanische Gesellschaft, Berlin (1902)
"An Stelle des Namen Anhalonium ist zunächst der Gattungsname Ariocarpus zu ...
Verf. weist eingehend nach, dass die Gattung Ariocarpus mit Echinocactus in ..."
5. Cactaceœ of Northeastern and Central Mexico Together with a Synopsis of the by William Edwin Safford (1909)
"... in another section (Coryphantha) they are frequently smooth; while in Ariocarpus,
... Pelecyphora, and Ariocarpus. With a few exceptions the genera and ..."
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