Erizo (Copiapoa cinerascens)
Description
Copiapoa cinerascens is a species in the genus Copiapoa in the cactus family(Cactaceae). The specific epithet cinerascens comes from the Latin and means, ascending, 'fading'.Copiapoa cinerascens has large bulbous roots and usually forms groups. The depressed, spherical shoots are dirty gray-green. They have a diameter of up to nine centimeters and have a sunken, occupied with gray wool crest. The approximately 20 ribs are narrow and dissolved in bumps and dented between the areoles. The areoles are crowded, about circular and gray or black. The thorns are stiff, straight and black. They become ashen in old age. There are two middle spines of 1.8 to 2.1 centimeters in length and about eight radiating and interlocking spines of 1 to 1.3 centimeters long.
Taxonomic tree
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Domain: Eukarya
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Kingdom: Plantae
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Class: Magnoliopsida
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Order: Caryophyllales
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Family: Cactaceae
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Genus: Copiapoa
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