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Cacto solar (Copiapoa solaris)

Description

For the most part, Copiapoa solaris reproduces huge posters of up to one meter in height and up to two meters in diameter. The cylindrically shaped gray-green shoots have a diameter of eight to twelve centimeters. The 8 to 12 ribs are not humped and up to 3.5 inches high. The very large areoles are narrow or up to five millimeters apart. The strong, straight or curved thorns are initially yellow and grayish in old age

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum: Spermatophyta

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Cactaceae

              • Genus: Copiapoa