Copiapoa Britton & Rose (1922)
named after the occurrence of some species in the city of Copiapó, Chile
globular, later often columnar, to tiller and forming clumps
gray to green in various shades
ribs in different numbers, mostly only flat
spines various also in number, lenght and color
flowers
short tubular, some fragrant, yellow to light yellow, good identifying feature for the genus
fruits globular, at top rip open
seeds mostly shiny black |
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Distribution |
north to mid Chile
Antofagasta, Atacama, Coquimbo
steppes an mountains
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Growth period |
Copiapoa is mostly not easy to cultivate!
main growth period in Europe an northern countries is late summer and fall,
therefor in summer sparse shade and keep dry |
Winter period |
dry, light and airy, minimum 8–12°C (46–53°F)
mountain species also cooler |
Substrat |
very porous, mineral and gravelly substratum
addition of pumice, perlite and shale are favorable |
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| Copiapoa alticostata F. Ritter (1963) |
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Habitat |
Chile
Atacama/Coquimbo -
Huasco to southern of
Fray Jorge
inland in the valleys of Elqui and Choros |
Description |
tall ribs Copiapoa
young globular, green, later 20–40 cm (7.8–15.7 in) tall, gray green, forms clumps
ribs tall
areoles 0,8–1,3 cm (0.3–0.5 in)
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spines strong, dark brown, graying
to 4 central spines
fruits green
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Synonyms |
Copiapoa coquimbana var. alticostata (F. Ritter) A. E. Hoffmann (1989)
Copiapoa coquimbana (Karwinsky ex Ruempler) Britton & Rose (1922)
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CITES |
Appendix II |
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