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Frailea cataphracta

Frailea cataphracta

Frailea cataphracta

Frailea cataphracta (Dams) Britton & Rose is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1

The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Frailea.12

Its recorded native range/source remark is BOLOO, BZCMT, BZSSC, BRAZIL, BZSRS, BZCDF, BZSPR, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, BZCMS, BOL, BZS, PAROO; Bolivia to S. Brazil.1

POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, subtropical.1

This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.

References

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Frailea cataphracta (Dams) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105527-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Frailea cataphracta". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7284131 ↩
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Bolivia to S. Brazil

Automatically collected source range/note: BOL_OO, BZC_MT, BZS_SC, BRAZIL, BZS_RS, BZC_DF, BZS_PR, WESTERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, BZC_MS, BOL, BZS, PAR_OO; Bolivia to S. Brazil.