Copiapoa
Copiapoa | |
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Eudicots |
Order: | Caryophyllales |
Family: | Cactaceae |
Subfamily: | Cactoideae |
Genus: | Copiapoa Britton & Rose |
Copiapoa is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, from the dry coastal deserts, particularly the Atacama Desert, of northern Chile. It comprises 32 morphologically defined species and 5 heterotypic subspecies.[1] These species vary in form from spherical to slightly columnar and in color from a brownish to blue-green body. They have warty ribs and spiny areoles, and they usually produce tubular yellow flowers which grow from woolly crowns in summer.[2]
Taxonomy[]
Pilocopiapoa F.Ritter has been brought into synonymy with this genus. Some authorities also include here the genus Blossfeldia.
Species[]
Clade I: Pilocopiapoa
- var. ferox
Clade II: Mammillopoa
- (Humildito)
- (Tocopillano)
Clade IIIa: Cinerei
- (Chascón)
- Copiapoa cinerea (Copiapoa de Philippi)
Clade IIIb: Copiapoa
- (Quisco del desierto)
- (Bajotierra)
- Copiapoa marginata
- Copiapoa hypogaea
- Copiapoa atacamensis
Clade IV: Echinopoa
- Copiapoa coquimbana (Coquimbano)
- Copiapoa echinoides
- Copiapoa echinoides var. cuprea
- Copiapoa echinoides var. dura
See also[]
- Copiapó (the largest city of the Atacama region)
- Pan de Azúcar National Park
References[]
- ^ Larridon, Isabel; Walter, Helmut E.; Guerrero, Pablo C.; Duarte, Milén; Cisternas, Mauricio A.; Hernández, Carol Peña; Bauters, Kenneth; Asselman, Pieter; Goetghebeur, Paul; Samain, Marie-Stéphanie (2015). "An integrative approach to understanding the evolution and diversity of Copiapoa(Cactaceae), a threatened endemic Chilean genus from the Atacama Desert". American Journal of Botany. 102 (9): 1506–1520. doi:10.3732/ajb.1500168. PMID 26373974.
- ^ Brickell, Christopher, ed. (2008). The Royal Horticultural Society A-Z Encyclopedia of Garden Plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. p. 302. ISBN 9781405332965.
External links[]
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Copiapoa. |
- From Caldera to Copiapo, a collection of images of various species
- Cactuspedia Copiapoa
- CactiGuide Copiapoa
Categories:
- Cactoideae genera
- Cacti of South America
- Endemic flora of Chile
- Flora of northern Chile
- Atacama Desert
- Cactoideae