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Copiapoa megarhiza subs. echinata (F.Ritter) Doweld
Sukkulenty 4(1-2): 55 (2001 publ. 2002).
Family: CACTACEAE

= Copiapoa echinata F.Ritter
Cactus (Paris) xiv. No. 63, 133 (1959).

Accepted Scientific Name: Copiapoa fiedleriana (K.Schum.) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 280. 1936 [12 Feb 1936] Backeb., F.M.Knuth

Copiapoa megarhiza subs. echinata (Copiapoa echinata) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
AW103 Bahia Salida

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Copiapoa fiedleriana (K.Schum.) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 280. 1936 [12 Feb 1936]
Synonymy: 11
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Copiapoa fiedleriana group

  • Copiapoa echinata F.Ritter: ( = fiedleriana) Plant noticeable for its strongly tuberculate ribs and pruinose epidermis, the large tap-root suggest it is related with Copiapoa megarhiza.
  • Copiapoa echinata var. borealis F.Ritter: ( = fiedleriana) Plants from the northern areal.
  • Copiapoa echinata var. pulla F.Ritter: ( = fiedleriana) Distingushed for the brown coloured epidermis.
  • Copiapoa fiedleriana (K.Schum.) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth: Plants solitary or branched with large, fleshy roots. Stems globose, gray-green 5-8 cm tallwith tuberculate ribs. It has 4-8 radial spines blackish or greyish-brown up to 3 cm long. Central spines usually absent.
  • Copiapoa intermedia F.Ritter ex Backeb.: ( = fiedleriana )
  • Copiapoa totoralensis F.Ritter: (same as Copiapoa echinata ?)

10585 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Copiapoa megarhiza subs. echinata (Copiapoa echinata) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
4920 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
AW103 Bahia Salida (Copiapoa echinata) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

4921 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Copiapoa megarhiza subs. echinata (Copiapoa echinata) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
18282 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Copiapoa megarhiza subs. echinata (Copiapoa echinata) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

4919 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
AW103 Bahia Salida (Copiapoa echinata) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
5850 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Copiapoa megarhiza subs. echinata (Copiapoa echinata) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli


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