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Cacto solar

(Copiapoa solaris)

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Description

Copiapoa is a genus of flowering plants in the cactus family Cactaceae, from the dry coastal deserts, particularly the Atacama Desert, of northern Chile. It comprises 32 morphologically defined species and 5 heterotypic subspecies.These species vary in form from spherical to slightly columnar and in color from a brownish to blue-green body. They have warty ribs and spiny areoles, and they usually produce tubular yellow flowers which grow from woolly crowns in summer. Pilocopiapoa F.Ritter has been brought into synonymy with this genus. Some authorities also include here the genus Blossfeldia.

Taxonomic tree:

Domain:
Kingdom: Plantae
Phylum: Spermatophyta
Class: Magnoliopsida
Order:Caryophyllales
Family:Cactaceae
Genus:Copiapoa
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