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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00081177
Occurrence ID:
647d1db1-d19f-455f-b25e-971f2bcb8918
Taxon:
Agave palmeri
Engelm.
Identification Qualifier:
cf.
Family:
Agavaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
30590
Date:
2015-08-08
Additional Collectors:
Andrew Salywon, Adelheid Fisher
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Gila County, Sierra Ancha Mountains, Sierra Ancha Wilderness Area, along pack trail ca 1/3 mile west of FSR 203 (Cherry Creek Road).
33.90073 -110.90802
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 508504E 3751153N
Elevation:
1335 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
4380 ft
Habitat:
Juniper-emory oak woodland, southeast-facing rocky slope.
Associated Taxa:
Juniperus, Juniperus deppeana, Quercus emoryi, Quercus turbinella, Pinus edulis, Arctostaphylos, Opuntia phaeacantha, Opuntia engelmannii, Agave parryi, Agave cf. chrysantha, Acacia angustissima, Hilaria belangeri.
Description:
Locally frequent, plant cloning, with large packrat nest, stalk ca 8-3/4 m tall, 51 mm in diameter at 1-3/4 m high, lateral branches ca 18, down 2/5 of stalk, perpendicular-ascending, longest branch ca 30 cm long; ovary, neck chartreuse green, tube lighter chartreuse-green, tepal lobes, filaments, style cream-yellow/light chartreuse, outer tepals brown-tipped, anthers yellow; ovary not angled, tepal lobes somewhat clasping, very erect; flower measurements after Gentry (1982) in mm, beginning anthesis: tl=50, o=24x8, n=3, tu=17x11, outer tep=9x7(base), 5(mid), inner tep=8x6(base), 5(mid), fil ins=8, 7.5, fil=43, a=16, sty=48; tl=49, o=22x7, n=2, tu=17(h) x 10(w), outer tep=9x6(base), 4.75(mid), inner tep=7.5x5.5(base), 5(mid), fil ins=9, 8, fil=40, a=17, sty=50.
Reproductive Condition:
Flowers
Notes:
Sheet 2 of 4.
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Usage Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID:
647d1db1-d19f-455f-b25e-971f2bcb8918
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