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Endangered
CITES App. II
Primary
Accepted
Copiapoa griseoviolacea
Cactus & Co. 14(4): 10 (5-15, figs.). 2011 [2010 publ. Feb 2011]
Family
Cactaceae
Genus
Species
Copiapoa griseoviolacea
Author
I.Schaub & Keim
Chinese genus
龙爪球属
Chinese name
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DescriptionEdit description
Spines
Anthracite grey, stout, curved inward and interlacing.
Stem
Spherical-flattened, firm, woolly apically, epidermis dark tannish-green densely covered by a thick farinose violet-grey layer of wax, hence the name.