Frailea friedrichii

Original Publication
A.F.H. Buining & G. Moser, Succulenta (Netherlands) 50 (2): 25, 1971

Original Description
Corpus rarius caespitosum 8x6 cm, corpuscula singularia ad 3 cm alta lataque, perviridia ad aeruginirubra. Costae ad 19 in tubercula papilliformia 4 mm diam., solutae. Areolae ex longo rotundae aliquo tomenti pallido-brunnei tectae. SPINAE alinquo distantes, saepe curvatae pectinateque positae, utrim-que 6, supra infraque adhuc una ad 3 mm longae, rubescentes ad corneae. Flores infundibuliformes, 23 mm longae lataque, flavae. Pericarpellum 4 mm longum latumque, saetigerum et albipilosum. Receptaculum fere 3-4 mm longum, saetigerum et albipilosum. Folia perianthii exteriora spathulata, lutescentia striataque, apicibus acutis; interiora spathulata, flava. Stylus 8,5 mm longus, flavo-albus. Stigmata 8, 2,5 mm longa, alboflavescentia. Stamina primaria flavo-alba, 4-9 mm longa, circum stylum inserta; secundaria flavo-alba, 4-5 mm longa. Antherae 0,7 mm longae, flavae. Camera nectarea 0,5 mm lata, aperta. Caverna seminifera 4 mm longa, 2,5 mm lata. Fructus 6-8 mm diam. saetiger villosusque. Semen galeriforme, atre nitidum, 1,5 mm longum et 1,2 mm latum; testa minimis tuberculis aequis operta, a tergo pectinifera. Habitat in Paraguay oriente ad Chololó-i.

Distribution
Close to Chololó-i, in east Paraguay.

References in Literature

▪ Alweer een artikel over Frailea's. J.J. De Morree, Succulenta (Netherlands) 68(5): 100-103, 1989.
▪ Frailea friedrichii Buining et Moser spec. nov.. A.F.H. Buining. Succulenta (Netherlands) 50(2): 25, 1971
▪ Paraguayaanse dwergen in de twintigste eeuw. Lubomir Berka, Succulenta (Netherlands) 79(5): 216-221, 2000.

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