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Copiapoa marginata

Copiapoa marginata

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Source-backed classification draft for Copiapoa marginata.

Scientific taxonomy article

Copiapoa marginata

Copiapoa marginata (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 CLCBI, CLNAN, CLNTA, CLCCO, CLCLA, CLN, CLC, CLCMA, CLCSA, CLNAT, CLCVA, CLCOH; Chile (SW. 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 marginata (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose". Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:131144-1 ↩
  2. GBIF Secretariat. "Copiapoa marginata". GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Accessed: 2026-06-10. https://www.gbif.org/species/7284161 ↩

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Copiapoa marginata

Copiapoa marginata

Copiapoa marginata

Copiapoa marginata is a remarkable cactus species in the family Cactaceae, endemic to the hyper arid coastal cliffs of northern Chile. Superbly adapted to the extreme environment of the Atacama Desert, this succulent subshrub is highly prized by collectors for its globose to cylindrical gray green stems and striking black spines .