Frailea pumila

Frailea pumila
	Frailea pumila
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Frailea
Type :	Frailea pumila
Scientific name
	Frailea pumila
	( Lem. ) Britton & Rose

Frailea pumila is a species of plant in the genus Frailea from the cactus family(Cactaceae).

description

Frailea pumila usually sprouts with spherical, deep green, reddish bodies that have a depressed apex and forms groups. The bodies reach a diameter of 2 to 5 centimeters. The 13 to 20 ribs are divided into cusps over time. The yellowish brown, very finely downy, 1 to 5 millimeter long spines can only be differentiated into central and radial spines with difficulty. The 1 to 3 central spines are protruding, the 9 to 14 bristle marginal spines lie on the surface of the body.

The yellow flowers are up to 2 inches long. The fruits are green.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Frailea pumila is common in the south of Brazil , Uruguay , Paraguay and in the north of Argentina . The first description as Echinocactus pumilus was published in 1838 by Charles Lemaire . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose placed them in the genus Frailea in 1922 .

The following subspecies are distinguished:

Frailea pumila subsp. pumila
Frailea pumila subsp. deminuta

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.

proof

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2005, ISBN 3-8001-4573-1 , p. 302 .

Individual evidence

↑ Cactearum Aliquot Novarum ac Insuetarum in Horto Monvilliano . 1838, p. 21.
↑ The Cactaceae . Volume 3, 1922, p. 209.
↑ Frailea pumila in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Larocca, J., Machado, M. & Duarte, W., 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2014.

Web links

Commons : Frailea pumila - album with pictures, videos and audio files

Entry on www.frailea.com

[1] Cactearum Aliquot Novarum ac Insuetarum in Horto Monvilliano . 1838, p. 21.

[2] The Cactaceae . Volume 3, 1922, p. 209.

[3] Frailea pumila in the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN 2013.2. Posted by: Larocca, J., Machado, M. & Duarte, W., 2010. Retrieved January 19, 2014.