Frailea buenekeri
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Frailea buenekeri is a species of plant in the genus Frailea from the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Frailea buenekeri usually grows individually with depressed spherical, reddish-brown, finely dotted bodies. With a diameter of 1.5 to 4 centimeters, the bodies reach heights of 1.5 to 6 centimeters and have a strongly tuberous root. The 13 to 23 ribs are low and divided into humps. The oval areoles on it are up to 1 millimeter long. The 8 to 14 white thorns are arranged in a comb and 1 to 4 millimeters long.
The sulfur-yellow flowers sometimes have a reddish central stripe. They are 2.5 to 4 inches long and reach a diameter of 2.5 to 6 inches. The reddish-brown fruits are 1 to 2 centimeters long and 0.7 to 1.3 centimeters in diameter.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Frailea buenekeri is common in Brazil in the state of Rio Grande do Sul . The first description was published in 1990 by Wolf Rainer Abraham (* 1952).
The following subspecies are distinguished:
- Frailea buenekeri subsp. buenekeri
- Frailea buenekeri subsp. densispina
In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. listed as endangered.
proof
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 299 .
Individual evidence
- ^ Succulenta . Volume 69, p. 64, 1990
- ↑ Frailea buenekeri in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Larocca, J., Machado, M. & Duarte, W., 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2014.