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Copiapoa megarhiza subsp. echinata


Common Name(s): Cacto Raizon
Synonym(s): Copiapoa megarhiza, Copiapoa brunnescens, Copiapoa echinata
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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Notocacteae
Distribution: Antofagasta - Chile (South America)
Habit: Globose-Cylindrical
Flower: YellowEncounterability: Rare
Original Description: Cactus- Organe de l Association Francaise de Cactus et Plantes Grasses Paris 63 p.133 - Friedrich Ritter (1959)
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Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. echinata
Picture taken at: Ian Nartowicz Private Collection

Photographer: Ian Nartowicz
Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. echinata
Picture taken at: Habitat in Chile

Photographer: Craig Howe
Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. echinata
Picture taken at: Habitat in Chile

Photographer: Craig Howe
Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. echinata
Picture taken at: Habitat in Chile

Photographer: Craig Howe
Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. echinata
Picture taken at: Habitat in Chile

Photographer: Craig Howe
Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. echinata
Picture taken at: Habitat in Chile

Photographer: Craig Howe
Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. echinata
Picture taken at: Habitat in Chile

Photographer: Craig Howe
Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. echinata
Picture taken at: Habitat in Chile

Photographer: Craig Howe
Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. echinata
Picture taken at: Habitat in Chile

Photographer: Craig Howe
Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. echinata
Picture taken at: Habitat in Chile

Photographer: Craig Howe
Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. echinata
Picture taken at: Habitat in Chile

Photographer: Craig Howe
Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. echinata
Picture taken at: Habitat in Chile

Photographer: Craig Howe

Copiapoa megarhiza subsp. megarhiza


Common Name(s): Cacto Raizon
Synonym(s): Copiapoa megarhiza, Copiapoa brunnescens, Copiapoa megarhiza microrhiza
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Subfamily: Cactoideae
Tribe: Notocacteae
Distribution: Antofagasta - Chile (South America)
Habit: Globose-Cylindrical
Flower: YellowEncounterability: Unusual in Collections
Original Description: The Cactaceae 3 p.89 - Britton & Rose (1920)
Plants with large fleshy roots, sometimes 25 cm long and 7 to 8 cm in diameter, usually single, rarely in 2's and 3's, globular to elongate-cylindric, 8 to 26 cm long, 4 to 9 cm in diameter, dull green to almost white; ribs usually 13, very low; crown of plant covered with long white wool at flowering time; spines about 12, 1.5cm long, rather stout, at first yellow but soon gray; flowers yellow, 2.5cm long; fruit green, 6 to 8 mm long, naked, crowned by 5 green scales; seeds black, 2 mm long
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Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. megarhiza
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Photographer: Joel Lode

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Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. megarhiza
Picture taken at: Gerard Ardisson's Private Collection

Photographer: Gerard Ardisson

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Copiapoa megarhiza
C. megarhiza subsp. megarhiza
Picture taken at: Gerard Ardisson's Private Collection

Photographer: Gerard Ardisson

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