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Copiapoa mollicula

Copiapoa mollicula

Copiapoa mollicula

Copiapoa mollicula F.Ritter 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 SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, CLCMA, CLC, CLCBI, CLN, SOUTHERNAMERICA, CLCOH, CLCVA, CLCSA, CLCCO, CLCLA, CLN_AT; Chile (Atacama to NW. Coquimbo).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 mollicula F.Ritter". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65039-2 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Copiapoa mollicula". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/3958318 ↩
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Native Habitat

Chile (Atacama to NW. Coquimbo)

Automatically collected source range/note: SOUTHERN_SOUTH_AMERICA, CLC_MA, CLC, CLC_BI, CLN, SOUTHERN_AMERICA, CLC_OH, CLC_VA, CLC_SA, CLC_CO, CLC_LA, CLN_AT; Chile (Atacama to NW. Coquimbo).