Copiapoa dealbata

Copiapoa dealbata
	Copiapoa dealbata
Systematics
Order :	Clove-like (Caryophyllales)
Family :	Cactus family (Cactaceae)
Subfamily :	Cactoideae
Tribe :	Notocacteae
Genre :	Copiapoa
Type :	Copiapoa dealbata
Scientific name
	Copiapoa dealbata
	F. Knight

Copiapoa dealbata is a species of plant in the genus Copiapoa in the cactus family(Cactaceae). Thespecific epithet dealbata comes from Latin and means 'whitewashed' or 'whitewashed'.

description

Copiapoa dealbata grows strongly from the base, declining and forming dense cushions that are up to one meter high and two meters in diameter. The spherical to short cylindrical shoots are gray and measure 6 to 16 centimeters in diameter. The 15 to 33 ribs narrow between the areoles . The straight, stiff needle thorns are black. A central spine two to five centimeters long (sometimes missing) and one to seven radial spines are distinguished.

The yellow flowers are 2.8 to 3.5 inches long. The greenish red fruits have few scales.

Distribution, systematics and endangerment

Copiapoa dealbata is distributed in Chile in the Región de Atacama north and south of Carrizal Bajo near the coast.

It was first described in 1959 by Friedrich Ritter . Synonyms are Copiapoa dealbata var. Carrizalensis (F.Ritter) AEHoffm. (1989), Copiapoa cinerea var. Dealbata (F. Ritter) Backeb. (1962), Copiapoa cinerea subsp. dealbata (F.Ritter) Slaba (1997) and Copiapoa dealbata f. gigantea (F.Ritter) AEHoffm. (1989).

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. 137-138 .
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. 1091 ff .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 62.
↑ Cactus; Organe de l'Association Francaise de Cactus et Plantes Grasses . Volume 63, Paris 1959, pp. 137-139.
↑ Copiapoa dealbata in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: Faundez, L., Walter, HE & 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. Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 62.

[2] Cactus; Organe de l'Association Francaise de Cactus et Plantes Grasses . Volume 63, Paris 1959, pp. 137-139.

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