Copiapoa mollicula
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Copiapoa mollicula is a species of the genus Copiapoa in the cactus family(Cactaceae).
description
Copiapoa mollicula sometimes grows individually with large taproots, but usually in groups. The shoots are connected to the root with a thin neck. They are depressed spherical and rarely protrude above the soil surface. They are gray to brown, sometimes reddish, and measure 3 to 6.5 centimeters in diameter. The 10 to 16 ribs are only perceptible as flat, spirally arranged humps. They show furrows that run from the areoles to the base of the wart. Up to a central spine with a length of up to 1.5 centimeters is present. One to ten radial spines, sometimes completely absent, are up to 5 millimeters long.
The yellow flowers are 1.5 to 2.2 inches long. The fruits are very small and round.
Distribution and systematics
Copiapoa mollicula is common in Chile in the Región de Atacama and the Región de Antofagasta between Chañaral and south of Puerto Viejo on coastal hills.
It was first described in 1963 by Friedrich Ritter .
literature
- Edward F. Anderson : The Great Cactus Lexicon . 2nd Edition. Eugen Ulmer KG, Stuttgart 2011, ISBN 978-3-8001-5964-2 , pp. 142 .
- 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. 1086 ff .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Taxon. Official News Bulletin of the International Society for Plant Taxonomy. Volume 12, Utrecht 1963, p. 30.
