Place of Publication
Linnaea 33(1-4): 80-81 (1864)
Type citation
"Los Molles", Nov. 1862. Landbeck s.n. (Lectotype (designated by Leuenberger & Eggli, 2000) SGO 052701; isotype US 536085).
Synonyms
Common names
- copoa de Philippi (Hoffmann & Walter (2004))
References
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Philippi R.A. (1864a)
Philippi, R.A. 1864. Plantarum novarum Chilensium centuriae, includis quibusdam Mendociuis et Patagonicis. Linnaea 33(heft 1-4): 1-308
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Leuenberger & Eggli (2000)
Leuenberger, B.E. and Eggli , U 2000. The genus Eulychnia (Cactaceae) in Chile: notes on the taxonomy, types, and other old specimens. Haseltonia 7: (63-76)
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Hoffmann & Walter (2004)
Hoffmann J., A.E. and Walter M., H.E. 2004. Cactaceas en la Flora Silvestre de Chile, 2nd edition. Fundación Claudio Gay
Iconography
- Hoffmann & Walter (2004): Lam. 99
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Regions
Coquimbo and Valparaíso
Habitat
Mediterranean and Coastal matorral
Distribution and habitat
Widely distributed Los Molles, north to National Park Fray Jorge in coastal locations from sea level to 50 m
Conservation status
- Least Concern
Notes
Seed of this species is banked by the national seed bank of Chile, INIA.