Frailea

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Eudicots
Cladus: Core eudicots
Ordo: Caryophyllales

Familia: Cactaceae
Subfamilia: Cactoideae
Tribus: Fraileeae
Genus: Frailea
Species: F. buenekeri – F. buiningiana – F. caespitosa – F. carminifilamentosa – F. castanea – F. cataphracta – F. chiquitana – F. cupularia – F. cupularis – F. curvispina – F. dadakii – F. friedrichii – F. fulviseta – F. gracillima – F. knippeliana – F. mammifera – F. moserana – F. odieri – F. phaeodisca – F. pseudopulcherrima – F. pulcherrima – F. pumila – F. pygmaea – F. rectispina – F. schilinzkyana – F. stockingeri
Name

Frailea Britton & Rose, 3: 208 (1922).

Type species: Frailea cataphracta Britton & Rose

Synonyms

Homotypic
Frailea subg. Typicus Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 204 (1997), nom. inval.
Heterotypic
Frailea sect. Asterioides Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 216 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea sect. Castanea Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 211 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea sect. Chiquitana Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 224 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea sect. Gracilis Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 108 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea sect. Grahliana Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 188 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea sect. Phaeodiscaoides Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 29 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea sect. Pumila Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 147 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea sect. Pygmaeoides Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 65 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea ser. Oreopygmaea Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 67 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subg. Ceroidea Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 107 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subg. Pumilaoides Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 146 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Alacriportana Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 113 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Aurea Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 157 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Aureaspinosior Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 120 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Aureiflora Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 83 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Aureoflora Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 74 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Carminatiflora Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 98 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Carminifilamentosa Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 174 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Chacoensis Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 190 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Corrientensis Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 181 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Horstii Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 128 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Iguaraica Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 179 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Intermedia Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 221 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Jura Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 92 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Jurassica Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 139 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Lilalunula Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 88 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Oreopygmaea Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 67 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Paraguariensis Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 194 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Pseudopumila Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 163 (1997), nom. inval.
Frailea subsect. Uruguaya Prestlé, Gattung Frailea (Br. & R.) Prestlé 166 (1997), nom. inval.

References

Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1922. Cactaceae 3: 208.
Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Frailea in Kew Science Plants of the World online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2021 Apr. 3. Reference page.

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

Frailea amerhauseri Prestlé
Frailea buenekeri W.R.Abraham
Frailea buenekeri subsp. buenekeri
Frailea buenekeri subsp. densispina
Frailea buiningiana Prestlé
Frailea castanea Backeb.
Frailea castanea subsp. castanea
Frailea castanea subsp. harmoniana
Frailea cataphracta (Dams) Britton & Rose
Frailea cataphracta subsp. cataphracta
Frailea cataphracta subsp. duchii
Frailea cataphracta subsp. melitae
Frailea cataphracta subsp. tuyensis
Frailea chiquitana Cárdenas
Frailea curvispina Buining & Brederoo
Frailea friedrichii Buining & G.Moser
Frailea gracillima (Monv. ex Lem.) Britton & Rose
Frailea gracillima subsp. gracillima
Frailea gracillima subsp. albifusca
Frailea gracillima subsp. horstii
Frailea grahliana (F.Haage ex K.Schum.) Britton & Rose
Frailea grahliana subsp. grahliana
Frailea grahliana subsp. moseriana
Frailea knippeliana (Quehl) Britton & Rose
Frailea mammifera Buining & Brederoo
Frailea perumbilicata F.Ritter
Frailea phaeodisca (Speg.) Speg.
Frailea pseudopulcherrima Frič ex Y.Itô
Frailea pumila (Lem.) Britton & Rose
Frailea pumila subsp. pumila
Frailea pumila subsp. deminuta
Frailea pygmaea (Speg.) Britton & Rose
Frailea pygmaea subsp. pygmaea
Frailea pygmaea subsp. albicolumnaris
Frailea schilinzkyana (F.Haage ex K.Schum.) Britton & Rose