Frailea ybatense


Original Publication
A.F.H. Buining & G. Moser, Succulenta (Netherlands) 50 (3): 46, 1971

Original Description
Corpus solitarium, applanate rotundum, ad 4 cm diam., ad 2,5 cm altum, virescens ad atro-viride. Costae ad 24, in plana tubercula rotunda papilli-formiaque solutae, 6 mm diam., plerumque rubescentes ad violacescentes. Areolae ex longo rotundae, tomento eburnescenti tectae. Spinae aliquo curvatae, pectinate et in obliquum radiate positae, utrimque 5, una infra, una (—2) supra; raro una spina centralis, omnes paulo asperae, albes-centes sine colore. Flores infundibuliformes, 30 mm longi latique, citrini. Pericarpellum 8 mm longum, 5 mm latum, infra nudum, ceterum saetis brunneis albipilosumque. Receptaculum 5 mm longum, saetis brunneis albipilosumque. Folia perianthii exteriora spathulata, acutissimo apice, lurida viridibus striis; interiora spathulata, acuta, subtiliter ciliata, pallide-citrina. Stylus 10 mm longus, pallide-flavus. Stigmata 5, 3 mm longa, flavo-albes-centia. Stamina primaria 9 mm longa, circum stylum inserta, pallide-flava; secundaria 5-7 mm longa, pallide-flava. Antherae 1 mm longae, flavae. Camera nectarea 0,5 mm lata, aperta. Caverna seminifera 5 mm longa, 2,5 mm lata. Fructus rotundus, 7 mm diam., fulvis saetis albipilosusque. Semen galeriforme, obscure-brunneum, obsolete nitidum, 1,7-1,9 mm longum, 1,2-1,4 mm latum, brevissime subtilissimeque pilosum; testa par-vissimis fere planis tuberculis tecta. Habitat ad Ytá-Ybaté ad ortum brumalem Asunción, Paraguay.

Distribution
Close to Ytá-Ybaté, South East of Asunción, Paraguay.

References in Literature
▪ Alweer een artikel over Frailea's. J.J. De Morree, Succulenta (Netherlands) 68(5): 100-103, 1989.
▪ Frailea ybatensis. Piante Grasse 27(2): 132, 2007.
▪ Frailea ybatense Buining et Moser spec. nov.. A.F.H. Buining. Succulenta (Netherlands) 50(3): 46-47, 1971.
▪ Frailea’s ook in Paraguay. Ludwig Bercht & Volker Schädlich. Succulenta (Netherlands) 87(1):36-42. 2008.
▪ Growing fraileas. Angie Money. Cactusworld (BCSS) Volume 26, No. 1 March 2008.
▪ Paraguayaanse dwergen in de twintigste eeuw. Lubomir Berka, Succulenta (Netherlands) 79(5): 216-221, 2000.

Seedlists
▪ Cactussen en Verplanten zaadlijst 1985

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