Frailea

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Frailea
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Frailea pumila
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Eudicots
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Fraileeae
Genus: Frailea
Britton & Rose
Type species
Frailea cataphracta
Species

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Frailea is a genus of globular to short cylindrical cacti native to South America. These species are cleistogamous. They were first classified in the genus Echinocactus .

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Species

Species accepted by the Plants of the World Online as of October 2022: [1]

ImageScientific nameDistribution
Frailea alexandri MetzingParaguay.
Frailea altasensis PrestléBrazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
Frailea amerhauseri MU125.JPG Frailea amerhauseri PrestléBolivia (Santa Cruz).
Frailea buenekeri.JPG Frailea buenekeri W.R.AbrahamBrazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
Frailea castanea 9.JPG Frailea castanea Backeb.Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
Frailea cataphracta pm 1.JPG Frailea cataphracta (Dams) Britton & RoseParaguay
Frailea chiquitana.jpg Frailea chiquitana CárdenasBolivia
Frailea curvispina 1.JPG Frailea curvispina Buining & BrederooBrazil
Frailea diersiana SchädlichBolivia.
Frailea erythracantha R.Pontes, A.S.Oliveira & DebleBrazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
Frailea fulviseta Buining & BrederooBrazil
Frailea gracillima (Lem.) Britton & RoseBrazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
Frailea mammifera Khanon S200.jpg Frailea mammifera Buining & BrederooBolivia and Argentina
Frailea phaeodisca.JPG Frailea phaeodisca (Speg.) Backeb. & F.M.KnuthBrazil and Uruguay
Frailea piltzii C.A.L.Bercht & SchädlichParaguay
Frailea pumila 02.jpg Frailea pumila (Lem.) Britton & RoseBrazil, Argentina, and Uruguay
Frailea pygmeae var. aurea 2.JPG Frailea pygmaea (Speg.) Britton & RoseBolivia, Argentina, and Uruguay.
Frailea pseudograhliana.JPG Frailea schilinzkyana (F.Haage ex K.Schum.) Britton & RoseBrazil to Argentina.
Frailea stockingeri PrestléBrazil (Rio Grande do Sul)

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References

  1. "Frailea Britton & Rose". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. 2022. Retrieved 9 October 2022.