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Cacto de la serpiente (Copiapoa serpentisulcata)

Description

Copiapoa serpentisulcata usually forms upholstery with a height of up to 60 centimeters and a diameter of up to one meter. The flattened globular shoots are light brown to brownish colored. They have a yellowish vertex, are densely spined and are seven to ten inches in diameter. The 18 to 33 ribs are wider than high and are clearly resolved into bumps.

Taxonomic tree

  • Domain: Eukarya

    • Kingdom: Plantae

      • Phylum:

        • Class: Magnoliopsida

          • Order: Caryophyllales

            • Family: Cactaceae

              • Genus: Copiapoa