Taxonomic account

Copiapoa malletiana

Copiapoa malletiana (Cels ex Salm-Dyck) Backeb.

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]

Copiapoa carrizalensis F.Ritter
Copiapoa carrizalensis var. gigantea F.Ritter
Copiapoa cinerea subsp. dealbata (F.Ritter) Slaba
Copiapoa cinerea var. dealbata (F.Ritter) Backeb.
Copiapoa dealbata F.Ritter
Copiapoa dealbata f. gigantea (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.
Copiapoa dealbata var. carrizalensis (F.Ritter) A.E.Hoffm.
Echinocactus malletianus Cels ex Salm-Dyck

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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