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Frailea ignacionensis
Original Publication A.F.H. Buining & G. Moser, Succulenta (Netherlands) 50 (4): 63, 1971  Original Description Corpus solitarium, 2,5 ad 3 cm altum, 4 ad 4,5 cm latum, viride. Costae ad 18, in plana tubercula papilliformia 6 mm diam., solutae. Areolae ex longo rotundae, tomento brunneo tectae. Spinae distantes ad dispositae, plus minusve pectinate positae, utrimque 5, infra una brevior, supra una vel plures spinae adiunctae minores, ad 5 mm longae, fulvae ad rubiginosae; plerumque una spina centralis, ad 4 mm longa, obscurius rubiginosa. Flores infundibuliformes, 24-30 mm longi, 20-45 mm lati, sulfurei. Pericarpellum 5,5 mm longum, 4 mm latum, fulvis saetis albipilosumque. Receptaculum 3 mm longum, saetis fulvis albipilosumque. Folia perianthii exteriora spathu-lata, apice acutissimo, albescentia ad lurida; interiora ut exteriora, sed longiora latioraque et sulfurea. Stylus 10 mm longus, albo-flavescens. Stigmata 5, 2,8 mm longa, albo-flavescentia. Stamina primaria 3-6 mm longa, circum stylum inserta, albo-flavescentia; secundaria 3-4 mm longa, albo-flavescentia. Antherae 0,8 mm longae, flavae. Camera nectarea 0,5 mm lata, aperta. Caverna seminifera 2 mm lata, 3 mm longa. Fructus rotundus, 5-6 mm diam., saetis fulvis lanaque grisea. Semen galeriforme, brunneo-nigrum, obsolete nitidum, 1,5 mm longum, 1 mm latum, subtilissime brun-neopilosum; testa minimis tuberculis planis operta, parvo pectine a tergo. Habitat in meridie Paraguay ad San Ignació.
Distribution Paraguay, in the South, close to San Ignació. References in Literature ▪ Alweer een artikel over Frailea's. J.J. De Morree, Succulenta (Netherlands) 68(5): 100-103, 1989. ▪ Frailea ignacionensis Buining et Moser spec. nov.. A.F.H. Buining. Succulenta (Netherlands) 50(4): 63-64, 1971 ▪ Paraguayaanse dwergen in de twintigste eeuw. Lubomir Berka, Succulenta (Netherlands) 79(5): 216-221, 2000. Comments Field Numbers A full listing of all associated field collector data can be found on our field number reference pages. See Also |
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