

Copiapoa cinerea
Copiapoa cinerea
Copiapoa cinerea (Phil.) Britton & Rose is treated as an accepted taxon in Plants of the World Online.1
The current source-backed classification places it in Cactaceae within Copiapoa.12
Its recorded native range/source remark is SOUTHERNAMERICA, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, CLN, CLNAT, CLNTA, CLNAN; Chile (Antofagasta to Atacama).1
POWO records the plant context as succulent subshrub, desert or dry shrubland.1
This is a source-populated draft intended for later Kaktus Doktoru editorial rewriting; care advice and morphology should be reviewed before publication.
References
- Plants of the World Online. "Copiapoa cinerea (Phil.) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:131119-1 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Copiapoa cinerea". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7284333 ↩
Measured
Draining Mix
Chile (Antofagasta to Atacama)
Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHERN_AMERICA, SOUTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, CLN, CLN_AT, CLN_TA, CLN_AN; Chile (Antofagasta to Atacama).