Copiapoa cinerea

Copiapoa cinerea
	Copiapoa cinerea
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Copiapoa
Type :	Copiapoa cinerea
Scientific name
	Copiapoa cinerea
	( Phil. ) Britton & Rose

Copiapoa cinerea is a species of the genus Copiapoa in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet cinerea comes from Latin and means 'chalky' or 'gray-white'.

description

Copiapoa cinerea grows individually later from the base or shortly above branching and forming groups. The spherical to cylindrical shaped shoots are extremely variable. They are up to 1.3 meters high, gray with a white layer of wax. The 12 to 37 ribs are broad and blunt. The thorns are very variable in color, color and length. One to two central spines are 1.3 to 3.3 inches long. Up to seven radial spines are 0.5 to 2 inches long.

The flowers are yellow to yellow with a pink or red tinge. They are 1.5 to 2.5 inches long and measure up to 2.5 inches in diameter. The cream-colored, pink or reddish fruits have few scales.

ssp. purpurea

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Copiapoa cinerea is mostly found near the coast in Chile in the Antofagasta region between Paposo and Chañaral .

It was first described in 1860 as Echinocactus cinereus by Rudolph Amandus Philippi . Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose put the species in 1922 to the genus Copiapoa established by them . Further synonyms are Copiapoa cinerea var. Columna-alba (F.Ritter) Backeb. (1962) and Copiapoa cinerea subsp. columna-alba (F.Ritter) DRHunt (2002).

In the Red List of Threatened Species of the IUCN , the species is listed as " Least Concern (LC) ". H. listed as not endangered.

literature

Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2 , pp. 137 .
Friedrich Ritter : Cacti in South America. Results of my 20 years of field research . tape 3 : Chile . Friedrich Ritter Selbstverlag, Spangenberg 1980, OCLC 475383419 , p. 1093 ff .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 48.
↑ Florula Atacamensis seu enumeration In: Journey through the Atacama desert: on the orders of the Chilean government in the summer of 1853-54. Halle 1860, p. 23 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
^ NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape III . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1922, p. 86 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).
↑ Copiapoa cinerea in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Faundez, L., Walter, HE, Guerrero, P. & Saldivia, P., 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2014.

Web links

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 48.

[2] Florula Atacamensis seu enumeration In: Journey through the Atacama desert: on the orders of the Chilean government in the summer of 1853-54. Halle 1860, p. 23 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

[3] NL Britton , JN Rose : The Cactaceae . Descriptions and Illustrations of Plants of the Cactus Family . tape III . The Carnegie Institution of Washington, Washington 1922, p. 86 ( biodiversitylibrary.org ).

[4] Copiapoa cinerea in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Faundez, L., Walter, HE, Guerrero, P. & Saldivia, P., 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2014.