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Copiapoa
Copiapoa is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceaea, 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. They have warty ribs and spiny areoles, and they usually produce tubular yellow flowers which grow from woolly crowns in summer.
36 branches of this genus, most-observed first
Copiapoa coquimbana
speciesCopiapoa coquimbana
Copiapoa dealbata
speciesCopiapoa dealbata
Copiapoa cinerea
speciesCopiapoa cinerea
Copiapoa echinoides
speciesCopiapoa echinoides
Copiapoa gigantea
speciesCopiapoa gigantea
Copiapoa megarhiza
speciesCopiapoa megarhiza
Copiapoa humilis
speciesCopiapoa humilis
Copiapoa cinerascens
speciesCopiapoa cinerascens
Copiapoa atacamensis
speciesCopiapoa atacamensis
Copiapoa calderana
speciesCopiapoa calderana
Copiapoa fiedleriana
speciesCopiapoa fiedleriana
Copiapoa marginata
speciesCopiapoa marginata
Copiapoa longistaminea
speciesCopiapoa longistaminea
Copiapoa solaris
speciesCopiapoa solaris
Copiapoa desertorum
speciesCopiapoa desertorum
Copiapoa grandiflora
speciesCopiapoa grandiflora
Copiapoa leonensis
speciesCopiapoa leonensis
Copiapoa serpentisulcata
speciesCopiapoa serpentisulcata
Copiapoa laui
speciesCopiapoa laui
Copiapoa ahremephiana
speciesCopiapoa ahremephiana
Copiapoa decorticans
speciesCopiapoa decorticans
Copiapoa griseoviolacea
speciesCopiapoa griseoviolacea
Copiapoa longispina
speciesCopiapoa longispina
Copiapoa hypogaea
speciesCopiapoa hypogaea
Copiapoa esmeraldana
speciesCopiapoa esmeraldana
Copiapoa rupestris
speciesCopiapoa rupestris
Copiapoa angustiflora
speciesCopiapoa angustiflora
Copiapoa taltalensis
speciesCopiapoa taltalensis
Copiapoa montana
speciesCopiapoa montana
Copiapoa aphanes
speciesCopiapoa aphanes
Copiapoa hoffmanniana
speciesCopiapoa hoffmanniana
Copiapoa schulziana
speciesCopiapoa schulziana
Copiapoa corralensis
speciesCopiapoa corralensis
Copiapoa australis
speciesCopiapoa australis
Copiapoa armata
speciesCopiapoa armata
Copiapoa mollicula
speciesCopiapoa mollicula
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 357923.