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Type: Article
Published: 2018-09-18
Page range: 211–218
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Frailea erythracantha (Cactaceae): a new species from Pampa Grasslands, Rio Grande do Sul State, Brazil

Programa de Pós-Graduação em Geografia, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, 97105-900, Brazil
Curso Ciências Biológicas, Universidade da Região da Campanha (URCAMP), Av. Tupy Silveira, 2099, Bagé, Rio Grande do Sul, 96450-000, Brazil. Núcleo de Estudos Botânicos Balduíno Rambo, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, 97105-900, Brazil.
Núcleo de Estudos Botânicos Balduíno Rambo, Universidade Federal de Santa Maria (UFSM), Santa Maria, Rio Grande do Sul, 97105-900, Brazil.
biodiversity conservation endemism Pampa Biome taxonomy Eudicots

Abstract

The South American genus Frailea includes taxa which are no sufficiently known from the taxonomical point of view. Based on field surveys, nomenclatural types and other specimens and review of literature we found an interesting population of a Frailea species from western region of the State of Rio Grande do Sul, Brazil which was described as Frailea erythracantha sp. nov. Data regarding its geographic distribution, phenology, habitat, conservation, and morphological affinities with related species are provided.