Copiapoa - Living on the Edge
Copiapoa ferox Lembcke & Backeberg
currently regarded as a synonym of Copiapoa solaris in The New Cactus Lexicon (2006)
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Original
Description

Copiapoa ferox Lembcke & Backeberg, 1959, Die Cactaceae (3): 1922

Latin

English prologue

Transferred to the genus Copiapoa when this was first created: Britton & Rose - Cactaceae, iii. 86 (1922) 

References in Literature


 
Lembcke & Backeberg C. (1959),
Die Cactaceae 3:1900
 

Original description, see above


 

Ritter F. (1980)
Kakteen in Südamerika (3):1047

 

As a synonym of C. solaris, referring to C. ferox Backeberg as a n.n.


 

Taylor N.P. (1981)
A commentary on Copiapoa , The Cactus and Succulent Journal of Great Britain, 43(2/3): 49-60

Checklist

  confirms the name as nom. inval. (Arts 9 & 37) under the ICBN

 
Butcher D. (1982)
The Genus Copiapoa, Calandrinia II :08
 

'C. ferox Lembcke & Backb.
Plant no.8, map 3. KK 620, KK 174.

Body-globular, later elongated with top flattened, 15 cm high to 10 cm across. Pale grey-green, 8 high and sharp ribs, 2 cm high, broad at base; Areoles-5 mm apart, somewhat sunken with grey felt; Spines-pale ,brown later yellowish-grey, about 10 radials radiating, more or less recumbent, 1 pointed down, 3.2 cm long. Up to 3 centrals, porrect, strong, lower one the longest, to 5 cm; Roots -strong; Habitat - Blanco and Encelada - south from Antofagasta. See note under C. conglomerata'


 
Hoffmann A. E. (1989) 
Cactaceas en la flora silvestre de Chile: 102 - 107
  as a synonym of C. solaris  

 
Meregalli M & Doni, C (1991)
Piante Grasse Speciale - Il Genere Copiapoa
   

 
Schulz R. & Kapitany A., (1996)
Copiapoa in their Environment
 

The authors concentrate on the environmental matters rather than taxonomy issues and only refer to C. solaris


 

Charles G. J., (1998)
Copiapoa 

 

as a synonym of C. solaris  


 
Hunt D. (Ed.) (2001)
Coping with Copiapoa - 2,
Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 12: 15-17
   

 
Taylor N. P., (2001)
Roots and mucilage in Copiapoa,
Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 12: 18
   

 

Hunt D. (Ed.) (2002)
Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 13:12

   

 
Hoffmann  A.E. & Walter H.  (2004)
Cactaceas en la flora silvestre de Chile (2nd Ed.): 130
   

 
Hunt D. (Ed.) (2006)
The New Cactus Lexicon
   

 
Schulz, R. (2006)
Copiapoa in their Environment (2006)
   

 
     

Distribution(Map)

     

PK Comments


 

See Also

Knize includes KK 620, KK 174 under this name

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