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Original
Description
Copiapoa cinerea
(Phil.) Br. & R. (Cact. 3, 86, 1922) var. albispina Ritter, var. nova, a
typo recedit: corpore minore; costis 12-21; spinis radialibus 0-6, pallide
brunnescentibus vel albis, rectis vel leviter curvatis, 2-5 cm longis.
Habitat:
Nördlich von Taltal, Nord-Chile. Gesammelt als: FR 207a.
References in Literature
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Backeberg, C (1959)
Die Cactaceae 3:
1904 |
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Backeberg uses the name as a
Ritter n.n. and refutes its standing as a species. The formal description
(by Ritter) arrived 4 years later. |
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Ritter F. (1963)
Taxon 12 (1), 5. 30 |
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Copiapoa cinerea (Phil.)
Br. & R. (Cact. 3, 86, 1922) var. albispina Ritter, var. nova, a typo
recedit: corpore minore; costis 12-21; spinis radialibus 0-6, pallide
brunnescentibus vel albis, rectis vel leviter curvatis, 2-5 cm longis.
Habitat: Nördlich
von Taltal, Nord-Chile. Gesammelt als: FR 207a. |
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Ritter F. (1980)
Kakteen in
Südamerika (3):1097 |
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42a.
VAR. ALBISPINA RITTER 1963, Taxon 12 (1), 5. 30
syn.
COPIAPOA ALBISPINA BACKEBERG nom. nud. 1959
Diagnosis
emendata: A var. cinerea recedit corpore minore, basi proliferanti,
paulum pruinoso; costis 12-21; spinis luridis ad albis acumine pullo,
marginalibus 0-6, acicularibus, rectis vel curvatia, inter se imparibus,
3-30 mm longis, centralibus 1-3, subulatis, 2-5 cm longis; habitat
Taltal, 10 km ad septentriones versus, litore maris, Chile
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Taylor N.P. (1981)
A
commentary on Copiapoa , The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great
Britain, 43(2/3): 49-60
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As Copiapoa cinerea var. albispina F. Ritter in
Taxon 12: 30 (1963); Kakt. Südamer. 3: 1098, figs. 1Q50 (1980). Type:
Prov. Antofagasta, c. 10 km. N. of Taltal, coastal rocks, 1954, Ritter
207a (ZSS!). Cf. C. krainziana, also from N. of Taltal.
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Butcher D.
(1982)
The Genus Copiapoa, Calandrinia II:05 |
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As C. cinerea var albispina, with
photograph of a plant in cultivation. |
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Hoffmann A.
E. (1989)
Cactaceas en la flora silvestre de Chile: 102 - 107 |
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As a synonym of Copiapoa cinerea v. eremophila,
one of 7 cinerea varieties recognized. |
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Meregalli M.
& Doni, C. (1991)
Piante Grasse Speciale - Il Genere Copiapoa:08 |
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As a variety of C. cinerea |
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Eggli U., Schick
M.M. & Leuenburger, B.E. (1995)
Englera 16:
162 |
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Ritter 207a: Copiapoa
cinerea
(Philippi) Britton & Rose var. albispina F. Ritter - Taxon 12(1): 30,
1963.
Typus (T):
Ritter 207a (U 145279B,
SGO) (Holotype eitel for U l.c., 28.).
loc. 1:
Chile: "Typuslokalität Küste nördlich Taltal" = type locality at coast north
of Taltal.
U 145279B HOLO -
(corp), ar, sp
loc.2:
Chile: “15km nördl.TaltaI“ = 15 km
north
of Taltal.
SGO 124841 ISO -
(corp), ar, sp
loc.3:
Chile: "nördl.
Taltal“ = north of
Taltal.
-/3./ 1963.
ZSS SR13225 ISO-sem
Ritter 266: Copiapoa cinerea
(Philippi) Britton
& Rose var. albispina F. Ritter - Taxon 12(1): 30, 1963.
Typus (T):
Ritter 207a (U 145279B,
SGO) (Holotype cited for U 1.c., 28.).
- Chile: Taltal. - /6. /1954. - This
collection may or may not be the type, it is said to be concurrent with
Ritter 207a which was given as type in the original description; KS 3: 1098
says that the material has been deposited at ZSS under Ritter 266.
ZSS 14848
- ar, sp (Leg. F. Ritter ex nat.) |
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Schulz R. & Kapitany
A., (1996)
Copiapoa in their
Environment |
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Treated at species rank as a
member of the C. cinerea complex, in which the include:
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C. albispina
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C. atacamensis
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C. columna-alba
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C. eremophila
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C. gigantea
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C. haseltoniana
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C. krainziana
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C. longistaminea
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C. tenebrosa
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Charles G. J., (1998)
Copiapoa
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As a synonym of C. cinerea v.
gigantea
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Hoffmann A.E. & Walter H. (2004)
Cactaceas en la flora silvestre
de Chile (2nd Ed.): 130 |
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Hunt D. (Ed.)
(2006)
The New Cactus Lexicon |
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not mentioned |
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Schulz, R. (2006)
Copiapoa in their Environment (2006) |
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Distribution
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PK Comments 
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Friedrich Ritter argues in 1980 that
albispina can at best be regarded as a variety of C. cinerea, as
in habitat the two taxa hybridize freely. The brown colour of the body, quoted
by Backeberg, is not typical.
Ritter further argues that C.
albispina only grows where the coastal hills rise steeply from the beach
where there is a slight increase of rainfall, so that the proximity to the sea
creates a different micro-climate.
However on our trips (Copiapoathons
2001, 2003 and 2004), we also found C. albispina growing in the Quebrada
San Ramon, where it presents a possible transitional form between C. cinerea
and C krainziana:
2001:
S054,
S055,
S057
2003:
2004:
S282
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