Full descriptions, illustrations and commentary for two new species from the Quebrada Botija will be published in a forthcoming issue of the British Cactus & Succulent Journal. Names for the species are validated below, with grateful thanks to Mrs Christine Barker (Herbarium, K) for checking the Latin diagnoses:

14001 Copiapoa ahremephiana N.P. Taylor & G. Charles species nova

fortasse C. cinereae affinis sed habitu dense caespitoso et caulibus 3-4-plo minoribus pulvinos hemisphaericos formantibus differt.

Holotypus: Chile, Antofagasta, c. 70 km N of Paposo, Quebrada Botija, Caleta Botija, Ferryman RMF 53 (K, in spirit).

14002 Copiapoa decorticans N.P. Taylor & Charles species nova

ex affinitate C. marginatae sed caulibus decumbentibus decorticans differt.

Holotypus: Chile, Antofagasta, c. 70 km N of Paposo, Quebrada Botija, 7 June 1990, A. Hoffmann et al. s.n. (K, box -Herbarium Cactaceae Database no. 4182).

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