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Original
Description
in Taxon 12(1): 29. 1963
Copiapoa alticostata Ritter, sp. nova, a C.
cuprea Ritter (Cactus 1959: 136) recedit:
corporibus 20-40 cm altis, viridibus, caespites magnos 1 m
diam. formantibus; costis altis, areolis maioribus, 8-13 mm diam.; spinis
brunneis, centralibus iam ab initio praesentibus, dein 1-3(-4); tubo florali
dimidio minore, 7-9 mm longo; fructu viridi; seminibus minoribus, 1,4-1,5 mm
longis, 1 mm latis,
Habitat: Nördlich von Nicolasa, Dept. Freirina, Nord-Chile. Gesammelt als: FR
717.
References in Literature
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Ritter F. in
Hildegard Winter Katalog |
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FR 717 appears in the Katalogs of 1959 and
1960 as
C. alticostata: Starke Pflanzen, mächtige St. - Strong plants, mighty spines.'
FR 717 is missing in 1961, but reappears in 1962:
C. alticostata: Ähnlich coquimbana, große Gruppen.' |
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Ritter F. (1980)
Kakteen in
Südamerika (3):1079 |
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Ritter believes this species to be closely
related to his C. cuprea and appears to be a link species between his Sektionen 2
and 4. Discovered in 1957. Abb. 1009. Nr. FR 717 |
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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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'F. Ritter in Taxon 12: 29 (1963); Kakt. Südamer. 3: 1079 - 80, fig. 1009 (1980). Type:
Prov. Atacama, Dept.Freirina, N. of Nicolasa, 1957, Ritter 717 (U).
Distinctive; C. cuprea, C. fiedlerana and C. pendulina
(s.l.) are growing nearby.' |
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Butcher D.
(1982)
The Genus Copiapoa, Calandrinia II
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C.
alticostata Ritt. (Taxon 1963)
Plant no.56, map 6.
Body green, 20-40 cm high with prominent ribs. Forms large clumps to 1 m across
Areoles large, 8-13 mm diameter
Spines brown, centrals 1-3, sometimes 4
Flower small, 7-9 mm long;
Fruit green with small seed
Habitat northeast of Nicolasa.
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Hoffmann A.
E. (1989)
Cactaceas en la flora silvestre de Chile: 102 - 107 |
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As Copiapoa coquimbana (Karwinsky) Britton
et Rose
var. alticostata (Ritter) A. Hoffmann comb. nov. |
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Meregalli M
& Doni, C (1991)
Piante Grasse Speciale - Il Genere Copiapoa |
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Eggli U., Schick
M.M. & Leuenburger, B.E. (1995)
Englera 16:
162 |
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Ritter 717: Copiapoa alticostata F. Ritter - Taxon 12(1):29, 1963.
Typus (T) Ritter 717 (U 145223B, SGO, ZSS [seeds only]) (Holotype cited
for U l.c., 28.).
loc.1: Chile: Atacame; "Typuslokalität nördl.
Nicolasa, Nordchile" = type locality N. of Nicolasa, N. Chile. -/10./1962
Collection date according to specimen at U.
U 145223B HOLO - (corp), ar, sp (Assumed to be
the holotype as this is the only specimen at U.
loc.2: Chile: Atacame; "1. Pass nördl.
Nicolasa" = first pass N. of Nicolasa, N. Chile. -/12/1957.
SGO 124906 ISO - (corp), ar, sp (Locality mis-spelled
"Nicosasa".)
ZSS SR13542 ISO - sem |
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Schulz R. & Kapitany
A., (1996)
Copiapoa in their
Environment |
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The species is outside the range
covered.
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Charles G. J., (1998)
Copiapoa
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As a synonym of C. coquimbana.
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Hunt D.
(Ed.) (2001)
Coping with Copiapoa - Key,
Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives
12:15-17, 2001 |
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Sect. 4.
Bo small to fairly large, in some species
relatively very long, somewhat soft- or not very hard-fleshed, green
to grass-green, sometimes white-pruinose; r strongly tuberous
with narrow neck; ri numerous or fairly numerous, strongly
crenate or not crenate, sometimes with a “chin” beneath the areole;
sp stout-acicular or thin-subulate, occasionally lacking (pendulina,
coquimbana, pseudocoquimbana, vallenarensis, fiedleriana,
alticostata, echinata, megarhiza, calderana, cinerascens, hypogaea,
mollicula, grandiflora, montana, olivana, rarissima, boliviana [sensu
Ritter; = atacamensis]). |
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Hunt D. (Ed.)
(2002)
Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 13:12 |
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08545
C. alticostata Ritt 1963/Taxon
12: 29.
Now provisionally
accepted pending further study. The evidence of Ritter‘s description
and plants such as RMF 275 (Charles 1998: fig. 48) suggest that this
could be part of a hybrid swarm (C. coquimbana x C. echinoides). |
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Hoffmann A.E. & Walter H. (2004)
Cactaceas en la flora silvestre de Chile (2nd Ed.): 122 |
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As 'Copiapoa alticostata' Ritter, defined as a hybrid between C.
coquimbana x C. echinoides. Synonym: C. coquimbana var. alticostata
(Ritter) Hoffmann |
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Hunt D. (Ed.)
(2006)
The New Cactus Lexicon |
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As a
possible part of
a hybrid swarm (C. coquimbana x C. echinoides). |
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Schulz, R. (2006)
Copiapoa in their Environment (2006) |
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Distribution
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