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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00081130
Occurrence ID:
72ea4cef-ff12-476f-9631-3af8f967fad4
Taxon:
Agave palmeri
Engelm.
Identification Qualifier:
cf.
Family:
Agavaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
30588
Date:
2015-08-08
Additional Collectors:
Andrew Salywon, Adelheid Fisher
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Gila County, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Sierra Ancha Wilderness Area, along FSR 203 (Cherry Creek Road).
33.90596 -110.907009
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 508597E 3751733N
Elevation:
1290 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
4232 ft
Habitat:
Juniper-emory oak woodland, east-facing roadcut slope.
Associated Taxa:
Juniperus, Juniperus deppeana, Quercus emoryi, Arctostaphylos, Opuntia phaeacantha, Opuntia engelmannii, Agave parryi, Agave cf. chrysantha, Acacia angustissima, Hilaria belangeri.
Description:
Occasional, plant cloning, at least 8 pups, lateral branches 17, down 2/5 of stalk, perpendicular-ascending; ovary, neck, tube light chartreuse-cream (tube lighter), tepal lobes light cream-yellow, outer tepals conspicuously brown-tipped, filaments, anthers, style cream with light purple flush (filaments, style light chartreuse-cream basally); ovary not angled, tepal lobes clasping; flower measurements after Gentry (1982) in mm, beginning anthesis: tl=42, o=19x7.75, n=2.5, tu=12x13, outer tep=11x6(base), 5(mid), inner tep=10x6.5(base), 4(mid), fil ins=4.5, 5, fil=50, a=12, sty=43; tl=45, o=21x8, n=3.5, tu=13(h) x 14(w), outer tep=12x6(base), 4.25(mid), inner tep=10x7.5(base), fil ins=4.5, 5, fil=43, a=12, sty=45.
Reproductive Condition:
Flowering
Notes:
Sheet 4 of 5.
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Usage Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID:
72ea4cef-ff12-476f-9631-3af8f967fad4
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (
asalywon@dbg.org
)
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Phenology (ver 1.0)
reproductive
: At least one reproductive structure of any kind is present (flowers, flower buds, fruits)
flowering
: At least one open flower is present