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Original Description
Cactaceae Syst. Initiatives 13: 15 (2002)
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).
Distribution
Only known from the
hills around the Quebrada Botija
References in Literature
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Schulz, R & Kapitany, A,
(1996)
Copiapoa in their Environment |
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The authors report seeing these,
then still undescribed, plants and refer to them as Copiapoa species
(Botija)
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Charles, G (1998)
Copiapoa, Cactus File Handbook 4:6 |
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Reports that the plant in
circulation under the name 'species Botija' needs to be described as a new
species. |
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| Charles, G
(2004) The identification of the
Copiapoa species from Quebrada Botija, Chile BCSJ 22 (1) 23-27 |
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