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Copiapoa mollicula

Copiapoa mollicula

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Source-backed classification draft for Copiapoa mollicula.

Scientific taxonomy article

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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Copiapoa mollicula

Copiapoa mollicula

Copiapoa mollicula

Copiapoa mollicula is an extremely rare and highly prized cactus species in the Cactaceae family, endemic to the hyper arid Atacama Desert of Chile. Growing as a succulent subshrub, this species has adapted to some of the harshest conditions on Earth through a specialized morphology that is highly sought after by succulent enthusiasts .