Taxonomic account

Frailea castanea

Frailea castanea Backeb.

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Frailea
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Astrophytum asterioides (Werderm.) Halda & Malina
Astrophytum castaneum (Backeb.) Halda & Malina
Astrophytum perumbilicatum (F.Ritter) Halda & Malina
Echinocactus asterioides (Werderm.) Werderm.
Frailea asterioides Werderm.
Frailea asterioides var. backebergii F.Ritter
Frailea asterioides var. harmoniana F.Ritter
Frailea castanea subsp. harmoniana (F.Ritter) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Frailea castanea subvar. spinosior (F.Ritter) Prestlé
Frailea castanea var. perumbilicata (F.Ritter) Prestlé
Frailea perumbilicata F.Ritter
Frailea perumbilicata var. spinosior F.Ritter

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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