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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00081175
Occurrence ID:
776b67a4-828a-4ff5-897b-09f614a4aa73
Taxon:
Agave palmeri
Engelm.
Identification Qualifier:
cf.
Family:
Agavaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
30592
Date:
2015-08-08
Additional Collectors:
Andrew Salywon, Adelheid Fisher
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Gila County, Sierra Ancha Mountains, west of Cherry Creek, across from China Creek, along FSR 203 (Cherry Creek Road).
33.917138 -110.911335
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 508196E 3752972N
Elevation:
1303 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
4274 ft
Habitat:
Juniper-emory oak woodland, east-facing roadside disturbed slope.
Associated Taxa:
Juniperus, Juniperus deppeana, Quercus emoryi, Quercus turbinella, Pinus edulis, Arctostaphylos, Opuntia phaeacantha, Opuntia engelmannii, Agave parryi, Agave cf. chrysantha, Acacia angustissima, Brickellia californica, Bothriochloa barbinodis, Eriodictyon angustifolium, Hilaria belangeri.
Description:
Occasional, plant cloning(?), stalk ca 8 m tall, 42 mm in diameter at 1-3/4 m high, lateral branches 18, down 1/2 of stalk, perpendicular-ascending; ovary, neck, tube, light chartreuse-cream, tepal lobes, filaments cream-yellow, outer tepals brown-tipped, anthers yellow, style light cream-yellow with very slight maroon flush; ovary not much angled, tepal lobes clasping; flower measurements after Gentry (1982) in mm, during anthesis: tl=52, o=25x7.25, n=3, tu=13x13, outer tep=13x7(base), 5.5(mid), inner tep=12x7.5(base), 2.5(mid), fil ins=7, 7.5, fil=44, a=14, sty=49; tl=49, o=23x7, n=3.5 tu=13(h) x 13(w), outer tep=14x7(base), 5.5(mid), inner tep=12x7(base), 5(mid), fil ins=7, 7.5, fil=46, a=14, sty=50.
Notes:
Sheet 4 of 4; photos only.
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Usage Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID:
776b67a4-828a-4ff5-897b-09f614a4aa73
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (
asalywon@dbg.org
)
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