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Copiapoa 
C. humilis Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Core eudicots Order: Caryophyllales Family: Cactaceae Subfamily: Cactoideae Tribe: Notocacteae Genus: Copiapoa
Britton & RoseCopiapoa is a genus of cacti from the dry coastal deserts of northern Chile. It comprises about 26 species. These species vary in form from spherical to slightly columnar and in color from a brownish to blue-green body.
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Taxonomy
Pilocopiapoa F.Ritter has been brought into synonymy with this genus. Some authorities also include here the genus Blossfeldia.
Species
- Copiapoa bridgesii (Copiapoa de Bridges)
- Copiapoa calderana
- Copiapoa cinerascens
- Copiapoa cinerea (Copiapoa de Philippi)
- Copiapoa conglomerata
- Copiapoa coquimbana (Coquimbano)
- Copiapoa echinata var. borealis
- Copiapoa echinoides
- Copiapoa echinoides var. cuprea
- Copiapoa echinoides var. dura
- Copiapoa esmeraldana
- Copiapoa fiedleriana
- Copiapoa grandiflora
- Copiapoa haseltoniana
- Copiapoa humilis (Humildito)
- Copiapoa hypogaea
- Copiapoa krainziana (Chascón)
- Copiapoa laui
- Copiapoa longistaminea
- Copiapoa malletiana (Copiapoa de Carrizal)
- Copiapoa marginata
- Copiapoa megarhiza
- Copiapoa mollicula (Bajotierra)
- Copiapoa serpentisulcata
- Copiapoa solaris
- Copiapoa solaris var. ferox
- Copiapoa taltalensis (Quisco del Desierto)
- Copiapoa tenuissima
- Copiapoa tocopillana (Tocopillano)
See also
- Copiapó (the largest city of the Atacama region)
- Pan de Azúcar National Park
External links
- From Caldera to Copiapo, a collection of images of various species
- Illustrated list of Copiapoa Species
Categories:- Cacti of South America
- Flora of northern Chile
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