Copiapoa hypogaea
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Copiapoa hypogaea is a species of the genus Copiapoa in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet hypogaea means' (Greek under; earth), under the earth; underground'.
description
Copiapoa hypogaea usually grows individually, occasionally in small groups, seldom protruding above the ground surface, sometimes even completely sunken, with bulbous roots. The individual shoots are depressed spherical. They are gray-brown to greenish in color and 3 to 6.5 centimeters in diameter. The epidermis is noticeably wrinkled. The 10 to 14 ribs are slightly twisted, broadly notched with chin-like projections. The areoles are sunk and covered with white wool. Thorns are mostly absent; at times there are 1 to 6 tiny ones, blackish in color.
The yellow flowers appear at the tip of the shoot and are wide open.
Distribution, systematics and endangerment
Copiapoa hypogaea is common in Chile in the Región de Antofagasta in the area around Chañaral on hills near the coast.
It was first described in 1960 by Friedrich Ritter . A synonym is the variety Copiapoa hypogaea var. Barquitensis F.Ritter (1980).
In the Red List of Threatened Species of IUCN is the species as " Endangered (EN) ," d. H. listed as endangered.
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literature
- Edward Frederick Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2 , pp. 141 .
- 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. 1085 ff .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Birkhäuser 2004, ISBN 3-540-00489-0 , p. 113.
- ↑ Cactus. Number 66, Paris 1960, p. 14.
- ↑ Copiapoa hypogaea in the IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2013.2. Posted by: L. Faundez, P. Guerrero, P. Saldivia, HE Walter, R. Avilés, 2011. Retrieved January 12, 2014.
