Frailea mammifera

Frailea mammifera Buining & Brederoo 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 AGEDF, AGESF, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, AGECN, AGE, BZS, BZSRS, BZSSC, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, SOUTHERNAMERICA, BOL, BOL_OO; E. Bolivia to Brazil (Rio Grande do Sul) and NE. Argentina.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 mammifera Buining & Brederoo". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:133233-1 ↩
2. GBIF Secretariat. "Frailea mammifera". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7284020 ↩