Taxonomic account

Frailea cataphracta

Frailea cataphracta (Dams) Britton & Rose

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 cataphractum (Dams) Halda & Malina
Astrophytum matoanum (Buining & Brederoo) Halda & Malina
Astrophytum melitae (Buining & Brederoo) Halda & Malina
Astrophytum uhligianum (Backeb.) Halda & Malina
Echinocactus cataphractus Dams
Frailea cataphracta subsp. duchii (G.Moser) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Frailea cataphracta subsp. melitae (Buining & Brederoo) P.J.Braun & Esteves
Frailea cataphracta var. duchii G.Moser
Frailea cataphractoides Backeb.
Frailea matoana Buining & Brederoo
Frailea melitae Buining & Brederoo
Frailea schilinzkyana subsp. matoana (Buining & Brederoo) Berka
Frailea uhligiana Backeb.

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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