Frailea pygmaea var. phaeodisca -> Frailea phaeodisca

Photo: Wolfgang Gemmrich

Original Publication
Spegazzini, Carlos in: Anales de la Sociedad Científica Argentina. Tomo XCVI, 1923, p. 73

This is doubtfull: (Spegazzini) Y. Ito, Cacti (Borg), 70. 1952, 1952

Original Description

(Delivered by Wolfgang Gemmrich)
Echinocactus pygmaeus var. phaeodiscus  Speg. January 1905

Spegazzini, Carlos in: Anales Del Museo Nacional De Buenos Aires, Serie III. Tomo IV. Cactacearum Platensium Tentamen, page 498, Buenos Aires, 19. January 1905

first description: (die einer braunroten Scheibe gleichende Rasse der Art)

Hab.  Rarissima, ut videtur, in collinis saxosis prope Tacuarembó ditionis Montevideensis.
Obs(ervationes).  Varietas a typo recedens costis minus elevatis vix stria flexuosa separatis et tuberculis minus distinctis, sed praecipue areolis verticaliter ellipticis disco eximie pulvinulato – prominulo atro – ferrugineo donatis, aculeis hyalinis 6 – 12, arctissime adpressis brevissimis (0,5 – 1,5 mm long.) omnibus subaequilongis non retrorsis. Flores ut in typo.

Distribution

References in Literature
▪ "Bestaat „Frailea pulcherrima Arech"? Vit. Hraba, Brno. C.S.S.R., Succulenta (Netherlands) 47(7): 104-105, 1968."
▪ Nogmaals: Frailea phaeodisca. J. Theunissen. Succulenta (Netherlands) 60(2): 47-48, 1981.
▪ Phaeodisca-achtige Frailea's. Prestlé, K.H. Succulenta (Netherlands) 59(8): 182-185, 1980.
▪ The Ritter Collections. Eggli, Muñoz & Leuenberger. Englera 16, pag. 602 and 603

History

Comments

Field Numbers
A full listing of all associated field collector data can be found on our field number reference pages.

See Also
Frailea phaeodisca

More pictures