Author:Ariocarpus scapharostrus Boedecker 1930.
Synonym:Ariocarpus scaphirostris Hunt in 1992.
Family:Cactaceae.
-The generic name 'Ariocarpus' is derived from the Greek 'Aria' meaning Sorb (Sorbus aria, Rosaceae, is the white-beam tree) and the Greek word 'karpos' meaning fruit.