The Endemic Plants of Chile

Place of Publication

Cactaceae 3: 86, fig. 99. (1922)

Synonyms

• Copiapoa streptocaulon (Hook.) Oosten
• Echinocactus columnaris Pfeiff.
• Echinocactus marginatus Salm-Dyck
• Echinocactus melanochnus Cels ex Labour.
• Echinocactus streptocaulon Hook.

References

• Britton & Rose (1922)

  Britton, N.L. and Rose, J.N 1922. The Cactaceae; descriptions and illustrations of plants of the cactus family 3:1-255

• Hunt (2013)

  Hunt, D. 2013. The New Cactus Lexicon (illustrations). dh books. Milborne Port, UK 527 pp.

• Hunt (2016b)

  Hunt, D. 2016. CITES Cactaceae Checklist. Third Edition. Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

• Señoret Espinosa & Acosta Ramos (2013)

  Señoret Espinosa, E. and Acosta Ramos, J.P. 2013. Guía de Campo. Cactáceas Nativas de Chile. CORMA 247 pp.

Iconography

• Hunt (2013): 334.1

Regions

Atacama

Habitat

Desert and Desert fog oases (Lomas)

Distribution and habitat

Resticted to southwest Caldera and Morro Copiapó and in the northern part of Parque Nacional Pan de Azúcar. It grows at elevations from sea level to 700 m on coastal hills (lomas costeras).

Conservation status

• Near Threatened