Copiapoa hypogaea forma mostruosa cristata (= hypogea)

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Copiapoa hypogea forma mostruosa cristata

Family: Cactaceae (Cactus Family)

Scientific name: Copiapoa hypogaea ( = hypogea ) F. Ritter

Origin: Garden origin (Nursery produced cultivar)

Conservation status: Listed in CITES appendix 2.

Photo of conspecific taxa, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Copiapoa hypogea complex (This Taxon has lots of synonyms ( like many other cacti) whit several controversial varieties and subspecies and comprises a multitude of different forms, but where each form is linked to others by populations of plants with intermediate characteristics):

Copiapoa hypogea
Copiapoa hypogea "LIZARD SKIN"
Copiapoa hypogea forma mostruosa cristata
Copiapoa mollicula (hypogea 'mollicula')
Copiapoa laui (hypogea var. laui)
Copiapoa laui forma cristata (hypogea var. laui f. cristata)

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