Copiapoa

Copiapoa longistaminea F.Ritter - [1] ; Copiapoa cinerea (Phil.) Britton & Rose- [2]

Copiapoa In Habitat :

'Copiapoa Country' - roughly the coastal strip between Tocopilla in the north and the Rio Lamari in the south, together with the western ends of the valleys of the major river systems in this area - has been surprisingly well documented for such a sparsely populated area. Some of the early reports are from botanists, with those of Rodolfo Amando Philippi and Ivan Murray Johnston as the most important; geologists, in connection with mining, such as Thomas Bridges, and more recently by cactus explorers and cactus tourists, with Friedrich Ritter and the recent Copiapoathons perhaps representing opposite ends of this spectrum.

In recent times, the most important contribution in literature on this subject is 'Copiapoa in their Environment' (1996) by Rudolf Schulz and Atilla Kapitany and the eagerly awaited 'Copiapoa in their Environment - 2006' by Rudolf Schulz.