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Copiapoa chaniaralensis F.Ritter
Kakteen Südamerika 3: 1063 (1980)
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Copiapoa marginata (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose
Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 3: 86 (1922). Britton & Rose

Copiapoa chaniaralensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
Young specimen.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Copiapoa marginata (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose
Cactaceae (Britton & Rose) 3: 86 (1922).
Synonymy: 7 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Copiapoa marginata subs. robustispina Doweld
Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 49 (2001 publ. 2002).

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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Copiapoa marginata group

  • Copiapoa chaniaralensis F.Ritter
  • Copiapoa marginata (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose: short columnar clump-forming cactus up to 60 cm tall with dirty-grey-green stems. Distribution: Antofagasta to Caldera.
  • Copiapoa streptocaulon (Hook.) Oosten: stems upright, columnar-cylindrical up to 50 cm tall, forming a somewhat open clump. Distribution: Morro Copiapo, south-westerly from Caldera.

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