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December 2023

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Copiapoa gigantea Backeb.

This species name was first published in in Jahrb. Deutsch. Kakteen-Ges. 1: 104. 1936.

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000619733.

Synonyms of Copiapoa gigantea Backeb.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Copiapoa cinerea var. eremophila (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm. Cact. Fl. Silvestre Chile: 106. 1989. wfo-0000619687
Copiapoa cinerea subsp. eremophila (F.Ritter) Doweld in Sukkulenty 4: 49. 2002. wfo-0000619688
Copiapoa cinerea var. gigantea (Backeb.) N.P.Taylor in Bradleya 5: 92. 1987. wfo-0000619689
Copiapoa cinerea subsp. gigantea (Backeb.) Slaba in Kaktusy (Brno) 33 (Spec.): 3. 1997. wfo-0000619690
Copiapoa cinerea var. haseltoniana (Backeb.) N.P.Taylor in Cact. Succ. J. Gr. Brit. 43: 53. 1981. wfo-0000619691
Copiapoa cinerea subsp. haseltoniana (Backeb.) N.P.Taylor in Cactaceae Consensus Init. 3: 8. 1997. wfo-0000619692
Copiapoa cinerea var. tenebrosa (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm. Cact. Fl. Silvestre Chile: 106. 1989. wfo-0000619696
Copiapoa eremophila F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 3: 1104. 1980. wfo-0000619728
Copiapoa gigantea var. haseltoniana (Backeb.) F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 3: 1101. 1980. wfo-0000619734
Copiapoa gigantea subsp. haseltoniana (Backeb.) Doweld in Sukkulenty 4: 49. 2002. wfo-0000619735
Copiapoa haseltoniana Backeb. Descr. Cact. Nov. 3: 33. 1963. wfo-0000619738
Copiapoa tenebrosa F.Ritter Kakteen Südamerika 3: 1098. 1980. wfo-0000619810