Copiapoa echinoides
Copiapoa echinoides
Copiapoa echinoides
Copiapoa echinoides (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) 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 CLNAN, CLNTA, CLCBI, CLCCO, CLN, CLCLA, CLC, CLCMA, CLNAT, CLCSA, CLCVA, SOUTHERNSOUTH_AMERICA; 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
- Plants of the World Online. "Copiapoa echinoides (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:65022-2 ↩
- GBIF Secretariat. "Copiapoa echinoides". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/8504170 ↩
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What is Copiapoa echinoides?
Copiapoa echinoides is a species-level taxonomy entry identified by the scientific name Copiapoa echinoides.
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