Copiapoa

Copiapoa
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C. humilis
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
(unranked):	Angiosperms
(unranked):	Eudicots
(unranked):	Core eudicots
Order:	Caryophyllales
Family:	Cactaceae
Subfamily:	Cactoideae
Tribe:	Notocacteae
Genus:	Copiapoa Britton & Rose

Copiapoa is a genus of cacti from the dry coastal deserts, particularly the Atacama Desert, of northern Chile. It comprises about 26 species. These species vary in form from spherical to slightly columnar and in color from a brownish to blue-green body.

Taxonomy

Pilocopiapoa F.Ritter has been brought into synonymy with this genus. Some authorities also include here the genus Blossfeldia.

Species

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Copiapoa cinerea

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Copiapoa humilis var. tenuissima

• Copiapoa atacamensis
• Copiapoa bridgesii (Copiapoa de Bridges)
• Copiapoa calderana
• Copiapoa carrizalensis
• Copiapoa cinerascens
• Copiapoa cinerea (Copiapoa de Philippi)
• Copiapoa conglomerata
• Copiapoa coquimbana (Coquimbano)
• Copiapoa echinoides
  • Copiapoa echinoides var. cuprea
  • Copiapoa echinoides var. dura
• Copiapoa esmeraldana
• Copiapoa fiedleriana (syn. C. echinata )
• Copiapoa grandiflora
• Copiapoa haseltoniana
• Copiapoa humilis (Humildito)
• Copiapoa hypogaea
• Copiapoa krainziana (Chascón)
• Copiapoa laui
• Copiapoa longistaminea
• Copiapoa malletiana (Copiapoa de Carrizal)
• Copiapoa marginata
• Copiapoa megarhiza
• Copiapoa mollicula (Bajotierra)
• Copiapoa serpentisulcata
• Copiapoa solaris
• Copiapoa solaris var. ferox
• Copiapoa taltalensis (Quisco del Desierto)
• Copiapoa tenuissima
• Copiapoa tocopillana (Tocopillano)

See also

• Copiapó (the largest city of the Atacama region)
• Pan de Azúcar National Park

External links

• From Caldera to Copiapo, a collection of images of various species
• Cactuspedia Copiapoa
• CactiGuide Copiapoa

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