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Frailea albicolumnaris

Original Publication
F. Ritter, Kakteen in Südamerika, 1: 207, 1979

Original Description
Frailea albicolumnaris Ritter spec. nova
columnaris, 4 - 6 cm alta, 20-26 mm crassa; costae 21 -24, dissolutae, tuber-culis ca 1 mm altis; areolae brunnae, 1-1,5 mm longae, 1,5 mm inter se distantes; spinae albae, basi fuscae, aciculares, deorsum pandae; marginales 14- 18 mm, 3-5 mm longae; centrales 2-4, 4 mm langae; flores 42 mm longi; tubus floralis 8 mm longus, interne clare flavus; insertiones filamentorum usque ad 2 mm infra oram tubi instructi; styli infimum mm coalitum cum tubo; petala 25 mm longa, 5-7 mm lata, longe mucronata, sulfurea; semen obscure brun-neonigrum, leve, nitidum, 2 mm longum, 2,5 mm latum. Habitat: Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil. Nr. FR 1385a.

Distribution
Livramento, Rio Grande do Sul, Brasil.

References in Literature
De genus Frailea Geschiedenis en cultuur. Albert Leroy. Cactussen en Vetplanten, 25e jaargang 2008, no 1.
Nieuwe cactussen uit Zuid-Amerika II. F. Ritter. Succulenta (Netherlands) 49(8): 124-125, 1970.

Comments

Field Numbers
FR 1385a
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