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Frailea

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Frailea
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.

Species

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

Image Scientific name Distribution
Frailea alexandri Metzing Paraguay.
Frailea altasensis Prestlé Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
Frailea amerhauseri Prestlé Bolivia (Santa Cruz).
Frailea buenekeri W.R.Abraham Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
Frailea castanea Backeb. Argentina, Brazil and Uruguay
Frailea cataphracta (Dams) Britton & Rose Paraguay
Frailea chiquitana Cárdenas Bolivia
Frailea curvispina Buining & Brederoo Brazil
Frailea diersiana Schädlich Bolivia.
Frailea erythracantha R.Pontes, A.S.Oliveira & Deble Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)
Frailea fulviseta Buining & Brederoo Brazil
Frailea gracillima (Lem.) Britton & Rose Brazil, Paraguay, and Uruguay
Frailea mammifera Buining & Brederoo Bolivia and Argentina
Frailea phaeodisca (Speg.) Backeb. & F.M.Knuth Brazil and Uruguay
Frailea piltzii C.A.L.Bercht & Schädlich Paraguay
Frailea pumila (Lem.) Britton & Rose Brazil, Argentina, and Uruguay
Frailea pygmaea (Speg.) Britton & Rose Bolivia, Argentina, and Uruguay.
Frailea schilinzkyana (F.Haage ex K.Schum.) Britton & Rose Brazil to Argentina.
Frailea stockingeri Prestlé Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul)

References

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