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Copiapoa megarhiza

Copiapoa megarhiza

Copiapoa megarhiza

Copiapoa megarhiza 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 (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

  1. Plants of the World Online. "Copiapoa megarhiza Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65038-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Copiapoa megarhiza". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7284151 ↩
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Native Habitat

Chile (Atacama)

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHERN_AMERICA, SOUTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, CLN, CLN_AT, CLN_TA, CLN_AN; Chile (Atacama).