Taxonomic account

Copiapoa cinerascens

Copiapoa cinerascens (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose

Name accepted in Plants of the World Online. [2-WWW]

SpeciesAccount scope · nomenclature

Family: Cactaceae
Genus: Copiapoa
Ranga: Species
Genus list verification: 11 October 2026 [2-WWW]

Names in the literature

Synonyms and spelling variants linked to the accepted name in WCVP 16, including updates to the genus list. [27-WWW] [2-WWW]

Chilenia ambigua (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) Backeb.
Copiapoa applanata Backeb.
Copiapoa cinerascens var. intermedia F.Ritter
Echinocactus ambiguus Hildm. ex K.Schum.
Echinocactus cinerascens Salm-Dyck
Echinocactus copiapensis Pfeiff.
Hildmannia ambigua (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) Kreuz. & Buining
Neochilenia ambigua (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) Y.Itô
Neoporteria ambigua (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) Backeb.
Weingartia ambigua (Hildm. ex K.Schum.) Backeb.

Nomenclatural basis

The genus's species list was checked in POWO on 11 October 2026. Authorship and links between older names were compared with WCVP 16, a snapshot from 4 June 2026. [27-WWW] [2-WWW] [2-WWW]

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