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The genus Copiapoa is in the family Cactaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Copiapoa

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source
Copiapoa ahremephiana N.P.Taylor & G.J.Charles	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa alticostata F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa angustiflora Helmut Walter, G.J.Charles & Mächler	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa aphanes Mächler & Helmut Walter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa calderana F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa cinerascens (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa cinerea (Phil.) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa coquimbana (Karw. ex Rüpler) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa dealbata F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa decorticans N.P.Taylor & G.J.Charles	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa echinoides (Lem. ex Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa fiedleriana (K.Schum.) Backeb.	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa humilis (Phil.) Hutchison	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa hypogaea F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa krainziana F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa leonensis I.Schaub & Keim	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa longistaminea F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa marginata (Salm-Dyck) Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa megarhiza Britton & Rose	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa montana F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa pendulina F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa rupestris F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa × scopa Doweld	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa serpentisulcata F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)
Copiapoa solaris (F.Ritter) F.Ritter	Accepted		WCSP (in review)

Statistics

The Plant List includes 75 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Copiapoa. Of these 25 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 76 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Copiapoa. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 75 species names for the genus Copiapoa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	25	33.3%
◕	Synonym	45	60.0%
◕	Unplaced	3	4.0%
◕	Unassessed	2	2.7%

All names

The status of the 151 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Copiapoa recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	39	25.8%
◕	Synonym	105	69.5%
◕	Unplaced	3	2.0%
◕	Unassessed	4	2.6%

Of these names,

• 6 are recorded as invalid
• 1 are recorded as illegitimate

The confidence with which the status of the 75 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Copiapoa, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	0	0	0	0	0	0%
	Medium confidence	22	40	0	0	62	82.7%
	Low confidence	3	5	3	2	13	17.3%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Copiapoa, are as follows: