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Copiapoa pepiniana var. fiedleriana (K.Schum.) Backeb.
Cactaceae (Backeberg) 3: 1919. 1959
Family: CACTACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Copiapoa fiedleriana (K.Schum.) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 280. 1936 [12 Feb 1936] Backeb., F.M.Knuth

Copiapoa pepiniana var. fiedleriana (Copiapoa fiedleriana) Photo by: Carolina González
Blooming habit at Huasco in coastal Atacama desert of northern Chile. The distinguishing characteristic of this species is a prominent chin-like protuberance below the areole, more pronounced than in any other species of Copiapoa.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Copiapoa fiedleriana (K.Schum.) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth
Kaktus-ABC [Backeb. & Knuth] 280. 1936 [12 Feb 1936]
Synonymy: 11
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Copiapoa fiedleriana group

  • Copiapoa echinata F.Ritter: ( = fiedleriana) Plant noticeable for its strongly tuberculate ribs and pruinose epidermis, the large tap-root suggest it is related with Copiapoa megarhiza.
  • Copiapoa echinata var. borealis F.Ritter: ( = fiedleriana) Plants from the northern areal.
  • Copiapoa echinata var. pulla F.Ritter: ( = fiedleriana) Distingushed for the brown coloured epidermis.
  • Copiapoa fiedleriana (K.Schum.) Backeb. in Backeb. & F.M.Knuth: Plants solitary or branched with large, fleshy roots. Stems globose, gray-green 5-8 cm tallwith tuberculate ribs. It has 4-8 radial spines blackish or greyish-brown up to 3 cm long. Central spines usually absent.
  • Copiapoa intermedia F.Ritter ex Backeb.: ( = fiedleriana )
  • Copiapoa totoralensis F.Ritter: (same as Copiapoa echinata ?)

26277 carolina Carolina González
Habit at Huasco in coastal Atacama desert of northern Chile. (Copiapoa fiedleriana) Photo by: Carolina González
14731 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Copiapoa pepiniana var. fiedleriana (Copiapoa fiedleriana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

26276 carolina Carolina González
Habit at Huasco in coastal Atacama desert of northern Chile. (Copiapoa fiedleriana) Photo by: Carolina González
14733 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Copiapoa pepiniana var. fiedleriana (Copiapoa fiedleriana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

26274 carolina Carolina González
Habit at Huasco in coastal Atacama desert of northern Chile. (Copiapoa fiedleriana) Photo by: Carolina González
14730 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
- KK172 (Collector: Karel Kníže) Locality: Nicolasa, Chile. Altitude: 500m (Copiapoa fiedleriana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

14729 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
WM093 north of Huasco (Copiapoa fiedleriana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
14732 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Copiapoa pepiniana var. fiedleriana (Copiapoa fiedleriana) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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