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Copiapoa carrizalensis F.Ritter
Cactus (Paris) xiv. No. 63, 139 (1959).
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Copiapoa malletiana (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 280. 1936 [12 Feb 1936] Backeb., F.M.Knuth

Copiapoa carrizalensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Copiapoa malletiana (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 280. 1936 [12 Feb 1936]
Synonymy: 10
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Common Names include:
SPANISH (Español): Copiapoa de Carrizal, Quisco del desierto, Quisco

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

  • Copiapoa carrizalensis F.Ritter: Forms huge mounds more than 1,80 m across composed of hundreds of individual, closely packed heads with dense needle-like black spines.
  • Copiapoa dealbata F.Ritter: Stems are silver-gray usually with long spines singly on the areoles. It forms large clumps in habitat.
  • Copiapoa dealbata f. cristata
  • Copiapoa dealbata f. gigantea (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.: Large stemmed form.
  • Copiapoa malletiana (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth: Plants strongly branched basally, forming dense clumps to 1m high and more than 2 m wide. Spines black, straight, stiff, needle-like. Central spine 0-1. Radial spines 1-7.

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Copiapoa carrizalensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Copiapoa carrizalensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Copiapoa carrizalensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Copiapoa carrizalensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Copiapoa carrizalensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Copiapoa carrizalensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Copiapoa carrizalensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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