Frailea cataphracta var. tuyensis



Original Publication
Succulenta (Netherlands) 50(4): 64-65, 1971.

Original Description
Corpus solitarium, 3-3,5 cm altum, ad 4 cm diam., griseoviride ad cinereum.
Costae ad 20, planissimae, sulco piano obscure-viridi separatae, ad 5 mm latae; sub areolis stria lunata atro-viridis.
Areolae ex longo rotundae, nudae vel vix aliquo tomenti brunnei tectae.
Spinae pectinate positae, utrimque 4, infra brunneae, densatae ut cepa, ceterum pallide-corneae ad vitreae, ad 1 mm longae.
Flores infundibuliformes, 24 mm longi, 20 mm lati, pallide-citrini.
Pericarpellum 6 mm longum, 5 mm latum, infra nudum, ceterum fulvis saetis albipilosumque. Receptaculum 4 mm longum, saetis pallide-fulvis albipilosumque. Folia perianthii exteriora spathulata, apice acutissimo, alba ad lurida, linae centrali pallide-viridi; interiora spathulata, acuta, pal-lidissime citrina. Stylus 11 mm longus, pallide-flavus. Stigmata 5, ad 4 mm longa, pallide-flava. Stamina primaria 10 mm longa, circum stylum inserta, pallide-flava; secundaria 5 mm longa, pallide-flava. Antherae 0,8 mm longae, flavo-albescentes. Camera nectarea 0,5 mm lata, aperta. Caverna seminifera 3 mm longa, 3,5 mm lata.
Fructus rotundus, 8 mm diam., brevi-bus saetis fulvis lanaque alba. Semen lintriforme, 2 mm longum, 1,6 mm latum, spadiceum, nitidum; testa levis, lineamentis reticulatis.
Habitat ad Capilla tuya ad meridiem Paraguari, Paraguay.

Distribution
Paraguay, by Capilla tuya, south of the Paraguari

References in Literature
▪ Alweer een artikel over Frailea's. J.J. De Morree, Succulenta (Netherlands) 68(5): 100-103, 1989.
▪ Frailea cataphracta (Dams) Br. et R var. tuyensis Buining et Moser var. nova. A.F.H. Buining. Succulenta (Netherlands) 50(4): 64-65, 1971
▪ Nieuwe combinaties en namen voor cactussen uit Brazilie, Bolivia en Paraguay. Pierre J. Braun en Eddie Esteves Pereira. Succulenta (Netherlands) 74 (3): 130-135, 1995.

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