Frailea pygmaea
Original Publication
An. Mus. Nac. Buenos Aires III.4:497, 1905
Original Description
(Delivered by Wolfgang Gemmrich)
Echinocactus pygmaeus Speg. January 1905
Spegazzini, Carlos in: Anales Del Museo Nacional De Buenos Aires, Serie III. Tomo IV. Cactacearum Platensium Tentamen, pages 497 a. 498, Buenos Aires, 19. January 1905
first description: (der zwergenhafte E.)
Diag. Notocactus, pygmaeus, superne e globoso – hemisphaericus inferne longe turbinatus, sordide viridis non v. leniter cinerascens; costis 13 – 21 obtusis parum prominulis, transverse sulcatis et fere in tuberculis solutis; areolis minutis cinereis; aculeis parvis setaceis albidis 6 – 9, omnibus marginalibus adpressis rectis atque retrorsis; floribus ex umbilico apicali enascentibus, pro ratione majusculis, extus dense roseo – v. isabellino – tomentosis, petalis lanceolatis acutis flavis, styli laciniis stigmaticis 6 – 7 crassiusculis ochroleucis.
Hab. Frequentissimus in montuosis totius ditionis Montevideensis, rarius in collinis Prov. Entre Rios secus Rio Uruguay.
Obs(ervationes). Simplex v. caespitosus, parte terrae exerta hemisphaerica v. subglobosa (10 – 30 mm diam. = 10 – 20 mm alt.) parte infossa turbinata (10 – 25 mm diam. = 15 – 35 mm long.); discus superus profundiuscule umbilicatus; costae sinu angusto acuto parum profundo separatae, sulco tranverso ± ve impresso; areolae longitudinaliter ellipticae (1,5 – 2 mm long.) spatio brevi 1,5 – 2,5 mm separatae; aculei subhyalini v. sordide albidi, pedes scolopendrarum fere simulantes, retrorsi, supremi breviores (1 – 1,5 mm long.); flores saepius cleistogami, rarius bene evoluti (20 – 25 mm long.); extus inter tomento laxe longiusculeque setulosi, staminum filamentis et stylo albis, antheris et stigmatibus subflavescentibus.
Distribution
References in Literature
▪ Am Standort von Notocactus concinnus Monville (Berger ex. Backeberg) auf dem Cerro de Montevideo. Bruno Knutti & Christian Hefti. Internoto 33:1, pages 3-12.
▪ An introduction to the cacti of Uruguay. Ricardo Garbarini. Cactus World (BCSS) Volume 30 No. 4 December 2012.
▪ CACTI A Gardener's Handbook for their Identification and Cultivation. Professor J. BORG, M.A., M.D. 1937
▪ "Bestaat „Frailea pulcherrima Arech"? Vit. Hraba, Brno. C.S.S.R., Succulenta (Netherlands) 47(7): 104-105, 1968.".
▪ Cumprimentos da foto do pampa 7. Angela & Frederico Jaekel. Internoto Volume 28, no. 3, 2007.
▪ De genus Frailea Geschiedenis en cultuur. Albert Leroy. Cactussen en Vetplanten, 25e jaargang 2008, no 1.
▪ Einige Notokakteen mit WD-Nummern. Norbert Gerloff. Internoto 32:2, pages 43-46.
▪ Fascinating Frailea, Part 1: General impressions. Marlon C Machado. Cactus World (BCSS) Volume 25 No. 1 March 2007.
▪ Fascinating Frailea, Part 2: Review of the species from Rio Grande do Sul. Marlon C Machado. Cactus World (BCSS) Volume 25 No. 2 June 2007.
▪ Fazenda Bau Bestandaufnahme. Elisa & Daniel Salengue. Internoto Volume 30, no. 3, 59-64, 2009.
▪ FLORE ILLUSTRÉE DE L'URUGUAY. Cactus (Paris) No 45 Juillet 1955, pag 203 and 205.
▪ Frailea; een groot Zuid-Amerikaans geslacht. Jan Jaap de Morree. Succulenta (Netherlands) 73(4): 191-194, 1994.
▪ Frailea Br. & R. (1922). Blatter fur Kakteenforschung 1934-11.
▪ FRAILEA PHAEODISCA (Speg.) Speg. A. F. H. Buining. Ashingtonia Volume 1 number 5, March 1974.
▪ Frailea pygmea (Spegazzini) Br. & R. Blatter fur Kakteenforschung 1934-11.
▪ Frailea pygmaea in Argentinien. Wolfgang Papsch. Kakteen und andere Sukkulenten 68 (12) 2017.
▪ Frailea pygmaea var. dadakii Frič emend. Prestlé. Lubomír Berka. Kaktusy V29N02 pag. 28-31, 1993.
▪ Frailea Br. & R. (1922). Blatter fur Kakteenforschung 1934-11.
▪ Genre 98. Cactus Paris) N046_47 Octobre-Decembre 1955 pag. 251,252.
▪ Kakteen der La-Plata-Küste. Teil 2 Cerro Montevideo. Gustavo Garabelli. Internoto Volume 30, no. 2, 2009.
▪ Notocactus megalanthus ist doch eine selbständige Art. Gustavo Garabelli. Internoto Volume 34, no. 3, 2013.
▪ The Cactaceae. Britton & Rose, 1922.
Seedlists
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Bercht, Ludwig Zaadlijst 2004
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Seedlist KuaS 2020
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Zaadlijst Succulenta 1967
History
Comments
Field Numbers
HU 12b
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