Frailea alacriportana

Original Publication
Backeberg & Voll, Arch. Jard. Bot. Rio de Janeiro 9: 174, tab. 8., 1949

Original Description
Simplex vel proliferans, ad 6 cm alta, 2 cm crassa; costis ad 18, mammulosis; areolis 2-3 mm distantibus, 1 mm Ø; aculeis marginalibus 15, griseis, 1-5 mm longis, saetaceis, lateraliter ordinatis, 2 centralibus, fulvis vel umbrinis.

Distribution
Guaiba, Brasil

References in Literature

▪ Alweer een artikel over Frailea's. J.J. De Morree, Succulenta (Netherlands) 68(5): 100-103, 1989.
▪ Cactussen. Cactus V03 - 1971, pag. 89-96
▪ 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
▪ Frailea; een groot Zuid-Amerikaans geslacht. Jan Jaap de Morree. Succulenta (Netherlands) 73(4): 191-194, 1994.
▪ Op de groeiplaats van Notocactus polyacanthus (Link & Otto) Theunissen. Norbert Gerloff. Succulenta (Netherlands) 70(2): 27-30, 1991
▪ Op zoek naar cactussen in Rio Grande Do Sul (I). Prestlé, K.H., Succulenta (Netherlands) 60(3): 74-75, 1981.
▪ Op zoek naar cactussen in Rio Grande Do Sul (slot). Prestlé, K.H., Succulenta (Netherlands) 60(7): 166-167, 1981.
▪ Tijdschriften. Ton Pullen.Succulenta (Netherlands) 72(5): 211-213, 1993.
▪ Tips für die Haltung der Gattung Frailea. Jiří Kodeš. Kuas 1970, No. 12, pag 231-233.

Seedlists
▪ BCSJ Seedlist 1997
▪ Seedlist KuaS 2020
▪ Seedlist KuaS 2023

History
Astrophytum alacriportanum ( Backeb. & Voll ) Halda & Malina (Acta Mus. Richnov., Sect. Nat. 12(1): 12. 2005)
Frailea gracillima Britton & Rose subsp. alacriportana (Backeb. & Voll) N.Gerloff cf. Repert. Pl. Succ. (I.O.S.), 48: 9 (1997 publ. 1998)
Frailea gracillima var. alacriportana

Comments

Field Numbers
GF 3, GF 6, PR 156, FS 018.
A full listing of all associated field collector data can be found on our field number reference pages.

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