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Copiapoa hypogaea

Copiapoa hypogaea

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Source-backed classification draft for Copiapoa hypogaea.

Scientific taxonomy article

Copiapoa hypogaea

Copiapoa hypogaea 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 CLNAT, CLNAN, CLNTA, CLN, SOUTHERNSOUTHAMERICA, SOUTHERNAMERICA; Chile (SW. Antofagasta to NW. 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 hypogaea F.Ritter". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:131136-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Copiapoa hypogaea". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7284202 ↩

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Copiapoa hypogaea

Copiapoa hypogaea

Copiapoa hypogaea

Copiapoa hypogaea is an extraordinary geophytic cactus native to the extremely arid coastal hills of the Atacama Desert. Adapting to one of the driest places on Earth, it survives primarily on moisture harvested from coastal fogs .