Copiapoa cinerea
Copiapoa cinerea
Copiapoa cinerea is a species of the genus Copiapoa in the cactus family ( Cactaceae ). The specific epithet cinerea comes from Latin and means, cretaceous ' or ' gray-white '.
Description
Copiapoa cinerea grows individually later from the base or slightly above branching and forming groups. The spherical to cylindrical shaped shoots are extremely variable. They are up to 1.3 meters high, gray with a white wax layer. The 12-37 ribs are broad and blunt. The thorns are very variable in coloration, color and length. One to two central spines are 1.3 to 3.3 inches long. Up to seven spines 0.5 to 2 inches long.
The flowers are yellow to yellow with pink or red tinge. They are 1.5 to 2.5 inches long and measure up to 2.5 centimeters in diameter. The cream-colored, pink to reddish or fruits have few scales.
Distribution, systematics and hazard
Copiapoa cinerea is common mostly in coastal Chile in the Región de Antofagasta between Paposo until after Chañaral.
The first description was in 1860 by Rudolph Amandus Philippi Echinocactus cinereus. Nathaniel Lord Britton and Joseph Nelson Rose set the style to the 1922 of them erected genus Copiapoa. Other synonyms are Copiapoa cinerea var columna - alba ( F.Ritter ) Backeb. (1962) and Copiapoa cinerea subsp. columna - alba ( F.Ritter ) D.R.Hunt ( 2002).
In the Red List of Threatened Species IUCN, the type is known as " Least Concern ( LC) ," ie, than not led at risk.