Sinonimi

Frailea mammifera ssp. mammifera, Frailea mammifera ssp. angelesiae

Distribuzione

Argentina (Entre Ríos), Brasile (Rio Grande do Sul)

Stato di conservazione

(3)   Dati Insufficienti, DD

Commenti

Secondo Kiesling e Metzing (2006, 21: 17-18) “... a nice taxon was found by Angela Kiesling near Concordia (Entre Rios, NW* Argentina). Comparisons with other species have shown that it is morphologically very similar to Frailea mammifera Buining & Brederoo, a species occurring near Don Pedrito, Rio Grande do Sul (Brazil)”. A noi, più che simile, sembra uguale, dato che “The main difference is in the color of the spination, which is reddish brown in the new taxon (versus yellow in Frailea mammifera)”. Gli autori proseguono: “This Frailea has become common in cultivation and is often distributed with the provisional name 'Frailea angelesii'. In view of its disjunct distribution and distinctive characters, but also its overall similarity with Frailea mammifera, it should be classified as subspecies rather than as species. To make the name available for the use in the New Cactus Lexicon [Hunt et al. 2006, text: 124], is described here at this rank:”. Troviamo queste argomentazion insufficienti a giustificare la pubblicazione di un nuovo taxon, per questo riteniamo Frailea mammifera ssp. angelesiae R. Kiesling & Metzing un inutile sinonimo di F. mammifera. (Tradotto da: Anceschi & Magli 2013b, 55-56)

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