Frailea gracillima

Frailea gracillima

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Caryophyllales
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: Frailea gracillima
Subspecies: F. g. subsp. gracillima – F. gr. subsp. horstii

Name

Frailea gracillima (Monv. ex Lem.) Britton & Rose, Cactaceae 3: 209 (1922).

Synonyms

• Echinocactus gracillimus Monv. ex Lem., Cact. Gen. Sp. Nov.: 24. 1839 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
• Astrophytum gracillimum (Lem.) Halda & Malina in Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat., 12(1): 13. 2005 syn. sec. Hunt 2006
  • Echinocactus gracilis Hort. ex C.F.Först, Handb. Cacteenk.: 304. 1846 syn. sec. Metzing 2021
  • Echinocactus pumilus var. gracillimus K.Schum., Gesamtbeschr. Kakt.: 394. 1898 syn. sec. Britton & Rose 1922
  • Frailea stockingeri Prestlé, Gattung Frailea: 136. 1997 syn. sec. Metzing 2021

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Southern America Regional: Southern South America Paraguay Regional: Brazil S. Brasil. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

Primary references

• Britton, N.L. & Rose, J.N. 1922. The Cactaceae. Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family. Vol. 3. 255 pp. + 23 pl. Carnegie Institution of Washington. BHL PDF Reference page. : 3: 209.

Additional references

• Korotkova, N., Aquino, D., Arias, S., Eggli, U., Franck, A. , Gómez-Hinostrosa, C., Guerrero, P.C., Hernández, H.M., Kohlbecker, A., Köhler, M., Luther, K., Majure, L.C., Müller, A., Metzing, D., Nyffeler, R., Sánchez, D., Schlumpberger, B. & Berendsohn, W.G. 2021. Cactaceae at Caryophyllales. org–a dynamic online species-level taxonomic backbone for the family. Willdenowia 51(2): 251–270. DOI: 10.3372/wi.51.51208 Reference page. 

Links

• Korotkova, N. et al. 2021. Frailea gracillima in Cactaceae at Caryophyllales.org. A global synthesis of species diversity in the angiosperm order Caryophyllales. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 20. Reference page. 
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2021. Frailea gracillima in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 20. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2021. Frailea gracillima. Published online. Accessed: Dec 20 2021.
• Tropicos.org 2021. Frailea gracillima. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 20 Dec 2021.
• Hassler, M. 2021. Frailea gracillima. World Plants: Synonymic Checklists of the Vascular Plants of the World In: Roskovh, Y., Abucay, L., Orrell, T., Nicolson, D., Bailly, N., Kirk, P., Bourgoin, T., DeWalt, R.E., Decock, W., De Wever, A., Nieukerken, E. van, Zarucchi, J. & Penev, L., eds. 2021. Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life. Published online. Accessed: 2021 Dec 20. Reference page. 

Vernacular names

مصرى: فرايليا جراسيليما

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