Frailea

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.

Frailea
Frailea pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Notocacteae
Genus:	Frailea Britton & Rose
Species
Frailea castanea Frailea cataphracta Frailea pygmaea

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

External links

Frailea pygmaea var. aurea

Frailea cataphracta

Frailea castanea

• Frailea web
• Cactuspedia Frailea
• Cactiguide Frailea