Austrocactus coxii — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Magnoliopsida/Caryophyllales/Cactaceae/Austrocactus

At a glance

Occurrence records81

Data sources3

Biological traits3

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources3 archives

Databases and archives Austrocactus coxii's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation3 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility81 records↗

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources3 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF81 records

01Narrative

Austrocactus coxii is a plant species in the genus Austrocactus from the cactus family (Cactaceae), indigenous to southern Argentina and southern Chile. It grows as short columnar stems up to 5 cm diameter, reaching 60 cm in height, with 6-10 tuberculate ribs. Central spines are hard, straight or slightly hooked, light brown to whitish and up to 4 cm long. Thin spines are interwoven and range from 6 to 10 in number; each is up to 1 cm long. Its diurnal red flowers are up to 3.5 cm in diameter.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPTRY

Life cycle & reproduction1

Life formsucculent subshrub

Habitat & environment1

Climatetemperate

Other traits1

Plant support typefree-standing

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type81 records

Wild obs. + sensor81

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO196 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy79% within 1 km

≤100 m 31≤1 km 14≤10 km 7>10 km 5

57 georeferenced · 24 without coordinates

Open the mapobservation + sensor81

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.