Frailea

Taxobox
name = "Frailea"

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image_width = 240px
image_caption = "Frailea pumila"
regnum = Plantae
divisio = Magnoliophyta
classis = Magnoliopsida
ordo = Caryophyllales
familia = Cactaceae
subfamilia = Cactoideae
tribus = Notocacteae
genus = "Frailea"
genus_authority = Britton & Rose
subdivision_ranks = Species
subdivision = "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".