Frailea pygmaea
Frailea pygmaea
Frailea pygmaea
Frailea pygmaea (Speg.) 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 AGEER, BZSSC, URU, AGE, BZSRS, BZSPR, WESTERNSOUTHAMERICA, BOL, PAROO, PAR, URUOO, AGE_MI; E. Bolivia to S. Brazil 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
- Plants of the World Online. "Frailea pygmaea (Speg.) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:105558-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Frailea pygmaea". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7280880 ↩
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