Frailea

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Frailea
Frailea pumila
Frailea pumila
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order: Caryophyllales
Family: Cactaceae
Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Notocacteae
Genus: Frailea
Britton & Rose
Species

Frailea castanea
Frailea cataphracta
Frailea pygmaea

Frailea is a genus of globular to short cylindrical cacti native to Brazil. These species are cleistogamous. They were first classified in the genus Echinocactus.