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Eriosyce caliginiphila

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Name and habitat · Resolution of the name

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Eriosyce caligophila

Name and habitat

Botanical description

The source uses Eriosyce caligophila for a plant from the fog ecosystem of northern Chile. It describes sandy plains, coastal cliff slopes and occasionally rock crevices. [Pinto 2005, file p. 17, 18]

Resolution of the name

Taksonomia

WCVP recognizes Eriosyce caliginiphila. IPNI explains the correction of the original spelling caligophila to caliginiphila. Retain both versions in searches. ITIS gives a different treatment as a synonym of E. iquiquensis. The package consistently follows WCVP. Additional source, https — //www.ipni.org/n/77075782-1. [Pinto 2005, file p. 17, 18]

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Name and sources

Status of names from the literature

  • Eriosyce caligophila — source entry without an unambiguous link in this WCVP edition

Name status according to WCVP 16 dated 4 June 2026. Complete tree and synonyms

Record in Plants of the World Online ↗ [2-WWW]

Nomenclature was compiled using WCVP 16 of 4 June 2026. The former spelling remains linked to the author's observation.

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