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Original
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Echinocactus taltalensis Werdermann, 1929,
Notizbl. Bot. Gart. Berlin, Nr.10:763
Original Description
Echinocactus taltalensis
Werd. nov. spec.
- Simplex vel binus, globosus vel
brevissime elongates, vertice aculeis erectis lanaque
albido-flavida clausus, 5 - 10 cm crassus, 5 - 15 cm
altus; costae in fragméntis speciminis examinati 15 - 16, paullo elevatae et
tuberculatae; areolae ellipticae juveniles tomento fusco dein griseo
obtectae mox glabrescentes; aculei 8 - 10, juventute sordide flavidi vel
fusci dein grisei, aciculares vel subulati, basi incrassati, divaricati,
recti vel paullo arcuati, ad 4 cm longi, inaequales, unus e media areola
oriundus longissimus ad 5 cm longus; flores solitarii e lana verticis
erumpentes, flavidi (ut videtur), breviter infundibuliformes; ovarium
parvulum 0,3 - 0,4 cm diam., nudum; tubus perbrevis, squamis paucis,
lanceolatis, 0,3 - 0,8 cm longis obsitus; axillae squamorum nudae; phylla
perigonii exteriora oblongo-lanceolata, ca. 1,2 cm longa, 0,5 - 0,6 cm
lata, subacuminata, saepius denticulata, phylla perigonii interiora oblonga,
ca. 1,5 cm longa, 0,8 cm lata, integra vel denticulata, apice rotundata vel
submucronata; stamina numerosa, perigonii phyllis multo breviora, filamentis
albidis, antheris luteolis; stylus staminibus subaequilongus, ca. 1,8 cm
longus, stigmatibus 9 - 13 ad 0,4 cm longis, ferrugineis (siccis!); fructus
elongato-globosus, 1 cm: 0,7 cm. diam., nudus, squamis paucis 2 - 5 mm
longis coronatus; semina (immatura) subovoidea, ca. 1
mm longa, pulla, punctata, subnitida.
Chile: Prov. Antofagasta, Dept. Taltal, Sierra
Esmeralda, along trail between Posado Hidalgos and Quebrada Cachina via
Portezuelo de Mina Carola, ca. lat. 25o 50‘ S., long.
70o 37‘ W. (mit Blüten
und Früchten am 14. Dezember 1925 - IVAN M. JOHNSTON n. 5676).
Durch die woll- und borstenlosen Schuppen an der Blütenröhre und die
kahle, nur von einem Kranz länglicher Schuppen gekrönte Frucht gehört die
neue Art zweifellos in die Verwandtschaft der Gruppe,
welche BRITTON et ROSE, Cactaceae III, p. 85, in der Gattung
Copiapoa zusammenfassen. Von .den
gutbekannten und beschriebenen Arten ist sie zweifellos mit Echinocactus
(Copiatoa) echinoides Lemaire am nächsten verwandt, weicht jedoch von
diesem u. a. durch die Zahl der Rippen, Zahl, Form, Länge und Stellung der
Stacheln ab.
Distribution
(Map)
References in Literature
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Looser, 1929, Revista Chilena
Hist. Nat. 33:614 |
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Includes E. taltalensis in the Genus Copiapoa.
Text not available at present. |
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Ritter 1980,
Kakteen in Südamerika (3):1065
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Ritter comments that Werdermann's description in
Backeberg's "Neue Kakteen“ is so vague that it could apply to most
Copiapoa and that it is probably closest to C. humilis. |
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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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Taylor discusses this taxon under
his C. humilis. |
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Butcher D. 1982, The Genus
Copiapoa, Calandrinia II
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English description and
comments that Taylor and Hutchinson consider this to be a local form of
C. humilis. |
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Hoffmann A. E. 1989,
Cactaceas en la flora silvestre de Chile: 108 |
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as C. humilis var. taltalensis
(Ritter) Hoffmann |
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Eggli, Schick & Leuenburger,
1995, Englera 16: |
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Ritter 526:
Copiapoa taltalensis
(Werdermann) Looser
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Revista Chilena
Hist.
Nat.
33: 614, 1929.
loc. 1:
Chile: valley of Cachina near Placilla Esmeralda, c. 25 0 50‘. -
Locality data according to KS 3:1066.
ZSS
S10307 - sem (Leg. F. Ritter 1957.)
loc.
2:
Chile: "O.
Esmeralda“
=
E of
Esmeralda. - /2. /1956. - Collection date according to original Ritter seed
sample at ZSS.
SGO 124889 - rad, corp, ar, sp
ZSS SR13466 -
sem |
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Schulz R. & Kapitany A., 1996,
Copiapoa in their Environment |
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The authors concentrate on the
environmental matters rather than taxonomy issues. |
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Charles G.
J. , 1998, Copiapoa
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Recorded as C. humilis var. taltalensis and
notes that this is the first recorded variety of C. humilis (then
Echinocactus humilis) from an area close to C. esmeraldana and
also includes C. chaniaralensis as a synonym. |
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Hunt D. (Ed.), 2001, Cactaceae
Systematics Initiatives |
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Hoffmann A.E. & Walter H. 2004 Cactaceas en la flora silvestre
de Chile (2nd Ed.): 162 |
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as Copiapoa taltalensis
subsp. taltalensis
Syn. Echinocactus taltalensis Werdermann, C. humilis var taltalensis
(Ritter) Hoffmann, C. rupestris Ritter, C. rubriflora Ritter |
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