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Original
Description
Ritter F. (1963) - Taxon
12(1):30
Copiapoa pseudocoquimbana Ritter, sp. nova, corpora 20-30 cm alta,
5-10 cm diam., viridia, apice griseo-lanata, caespites magnos formantia;
radix rapacea, longa, crassa, apice angustata; costae 10-18, 8-15 mm latae,
vix crenatae; areolae orbiculares, editae, griseae, 3-10 mm inter se remotae;
spinae pallide brunneae, mox griseae, radiales aciculares, plerumque rectae,
1-2 cm longae, centrales crassiores, plerumque rectae, 2-4,5 cm longae;
flores paulo odorati, 2,75-4,5 cm longi; ovarium pallide viride, 4-7 mm
longum, 6-9 mm diam.; tubus floralis infundibuliformis vel patiniformis,
5-10 mm longus, fauce 12-18 mm diam., extus squamis rubro-brunneis, 1-1,5 mm
longis obsitus; tepala spathulata, pallide sulphurea; stamina 5-12 mm longa,
pallide lutea, antberis luteo-albis vel aureis; stylus 16-22 mm longus,
pallide luteus, stigmatibus 9-17; fructus ± globosus, ± 1 cm diam., inferne
pallide viridis, superne rubrobrunneus; semina 1,75 mm longa, 1,15 mm lata,
laete viridia, tubereulis tenuissimis planis obsita, hilo magno, ovali albo.
Distribution:
Province of Coquimbo, Chile.
Type
locality: Near the town of Coquimbo, Chile.
The
Philippi Herbarium at Santiago de Chile has a specimen from Coquimbo, near
La Serena, labelled “Echinocactus cinerascens Lemaire,” which is
doubtless to be referred here. E. cinerascens originally came from
Copiapó, an interior town, much farther north than Coquimbo. Dr. Rose found
this species very abundant on the hills near La Serena not far from Coquimbo
(No. 19261).
Related
to this species, and perhaps not distinct from it, is Echinocactus
fiedlerianus Schumann (Gesamtb. Kakteen Nachtr. 121. 1903), but it grows
farther north, not along the coast but in an interior valley. The type was
collected by Mr. Sohrens near Vallenar, Huasco, Chile. Dr. Rose did not
obtain specimens but he is now confident that this is the plant which he saw
in great abundance just south of Vallenar. Schumann misunderstood the
relationship for he places it between Echinocactus megalothelos and
E. schickendantzii, two species of Gymnocalycium. It may be
briefly characterized as follows:
Caespitose,
with a turnip-like root, depressed-globose, grayish, covered with copious
wool at the apex; ribs 13, tuberculate; areoles depressed; radial spines 4
to 7, 3 cm. long, subulate; flowers yellow, greenish without illustration:
Blühende
Kakteen 3: p1. 121, as Echinocactus coquimbanus.
Plate x,
figure 2, shows one of the plants collected by Dr. Rose in flower.
variety pseudocoquimbana
areolae 5-8 mm diam.; spinae radiales
8-12, centrales 3-7; tepala 18-30 mm longa, 8-12 mm lata.
Habitat:
Nördlich von Choros Bajos, Dept. La Serena, Nord-Chile.
Gesammelt als: FR 1086.
References in Literature
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Ritter F. in
Hildegard Winter Katalog |
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FR 1086 |
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Backeberg C.
(1959),
Die Cactaceae 3:1900 |
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Ritter F. (1963)
Taxon 12(1):30 |
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Original description,
see above |
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Ritter F. (1980)
Kakteen in
Südamerika (3):1097 |
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var. pseudocoquimbana
Unterschiede gegen VAR. VULGATA: Stacheln braun, nadelförmig; Randstacheln
8-12, 10-20 mm lang, Mittelstacheln 2-7.
Blüte (registriert 7 Blüte verschiedener
Exemplare am Typusort): 30-45 mm lang. Narbe ca 2,5-5 mm lang, hellgelb, mit
meist einigen Ästen mehr. Petalen 18-30 mm lang, 8-12 mm breit.
Frucht mit 4-10 Schuppen von 4-12 mm Länge.
Samen ohne auffallende Unterschiede.
Typusort untere CHOROS-Schlucht, Depart. La
Serena. Nr. FR 1086. Abb. 1003/1004 und 1008. Verbreitung von da bis
halbwegs nach La Serena. Uber die Veranlassung zur Namengebung
PSEUDOCOQUIMBANA siehe S. 1074. Da diese Varietät in ihrer Stacheltracht auf
den ersten Blick am stärksten von COP. COQUIMBANA abweicht, habe ich sie zum
Arttypus ausersehen. |
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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
Checklist |
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'C. pseudocoquimbana F. Ritter (1963).
See C. pendulina.' |
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Butcher D.
(1982)
The Genus Copiapoa, Calandrinia II
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'C. pseudocoquimbana
Ritt. (Taxon 1963) Plant no.65, map 7. FR
1086, KK 86, KK 10A, KK 14A, KK 14B, KK 14.
Body-clumping, 20-30 cm high, 5-10 cm across, green with
10-18 ribs, 8-15 mm wide with humps. Crown with grey wool; Areoles-3-10 mm
across and apart, round, raised, grey; Spines-pale brown soon becoming grey.
8-12 radials, acicular, mostly erect 1-2 cm long. 3-7 centrals, thick,
mostly erect 2 to 4.5 cm long; Flower-2.75 to 4.5 cm long with pale sulphur
yellow, spathulate petals. Pale green ovary and funnel shape to flattened
tube with red brown scales. Stamens 5-12 mm long, pale saffron, anthers
saffron white to gold. Style 16-22 mm long, pale saffron, stigma with 9-17
lobes; Fruit-more or less globular, 1 cm across. Base pale green, top
red-brown. Seeds 1.75 mm long, 1.15 mm wide, rich green, (from latin
diagnosis), covered with very small tubercles. Hilum large; Roots-strong,
long, thick, narrower at top; Habitat-north of Choros bajos.' |
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Hoffmann A.
E. (1989)
Cactaceas en la flora silvestre de Chile: 102 - 107 |
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as C. coquimbana var.
pseudocoquimbana. |
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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:
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Copiapoa pseudocoquimbana var pseudocoquimbana FR1086
Image by Paul Klaassen |
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[page
193]
Ritter 247: Copiapoa pseudocoquimbana
F.
Ritter - Taxon 12(1): 30, 1963.
Typus (T): Ritter 1086 (U 145207B) (Holotype cited for U
1.c., 28.).
Chile:
Tres Cruces. - /6. /1954. - Identified as
Copiapoa
pseudocoquirnbana
var.
pseudocoquirnbana in KS 4.
ZSS S10167 - sem (Leg. F. Ritter 1955 (sub Copiapoa
trescrucensis).)
ZSS T4812 - corp. ar, sp (Leg. F. Ritter ex nat.) |
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Schulz R. & Kapitany
A., (1996)
Copiapoa in their
Environment |
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The
species grows outside the range covered.
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Charles G. J., (1998)
Copiapoa
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(including all
varieties) as synonyms of C. coquimbana
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Hunt D.
(Ed.) (2001)
Coping with Copiapoa - 2,
Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 12: 15-17 |
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Taylor N.
P., (2001)
Roots and mucilage in Copiapoa,
Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 12: 18 |
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Hunt D. (Ed.)
(2002)
Cactaceae Systematics Initiatives 13:12 |
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As a synonym of C. coquimbana rather than of C. fiedleriana as
suggested in CCC2 |
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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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Schulz, R. (2006)
Copiapoa in their Environment (2006) |
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Distribution
PK Comments
See South of
the Rio Huasco
See Also
Note that these are first
descriptions at the rank of variety and that these taxon have never been
described as species in their own right.
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Copiapoa pseudocoquimbana var.
vulgata
Ritter (1980) lists C. coquimbana as
a synonym of variety vulgata.
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Copiapoa pseudocoquimbana var.chaniarensis
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Copiapoa pseudocoquimbana var.domeykoensis
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