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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00074318
Occurrence ID:
e7500a11-014c-4088-a65b-88566c528e96
Taxon:
Agave deserti var. simplex
(Gentry) W.C.Hodgs. & Reveal
Identification Qualifier:
cf.
Family:
Agavaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
26925
Date:
2012-05-18
Additional Collectors:
Andrew Salywon, Liz Slauson, Ries Lindley, John Scheuring, John Wiens
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Pima County, Base of the eastern side of the Waterman Mountains, Ironwood Forest National Monument
32.355521 -111.473177
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 455479E 3579942N
Elevation:
890 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
2936ft
Habitat:
Sonoran Desert scrub on east-facing 40% rocky limestone slope
Substrate:
limestone
Associated Taxa:
Fouquieria splendens, Olneya tesota, Carnegiea gigantea, Lycium berlandieri, Astrolepis cochisensis, Cercidium microphyllum, Larrea tridentata, Cylindropuntia bigelovii, Echinocereus engelmannii nicholii, Muhlenbergia porteri, Hibiscus denudatus, H. coulteri.
Description:
Single plant, flower stalk ca 4 m tall, with 15 umbels; flowers in umbel opened 22 May 2012, ovary, neck light chartreuse green, tube light green-yellow, tepals dark yellow, filaments light yellow, anthers yellow, style light green; flower measurements after Gentry (1982) in mm: tl=41, o=17x7, n=4.4, tu=5x12, fil ins=2, 2.5, fil=40, a=9, dehiscing, lots of pollen, outer tepal=13.75x6(base), 4(mid), inner tepal=13x5(base), 3.2(mid), sty=25; tl=40, o=17.5x6.2, n=4.2, tu=5.4x12, fil ins=2.6, 3.2, fil=35, a=?, just dehiscing, outer tepal=11x6(base), 4(mid), inner tepal 12x5.2(base), 3.2(mid), sty=20.
Notes:
Sheet 1 of 2; flowers suggestive of A. chrysantha. Photo.
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Record ID:
e7500a11-014c-4088-a65b-88566c528e96
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (
asalywon@dbg.org
)
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Current Record
Wendy C. Hodgson 26925
2012-05-18
Catalog #:
DES00074318
GUID:
e7500a11-014c-4088-a65b-88566c528e96
Latest Identification:
Agave deserti var. simplex
(Gentry) W.C.Hodgs. & Reveal
Specimen Duplicates
Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Wendy C. Hodgson 26925
2012-05-18
Catalog #:
DES00074319
Latest Identification:
Agave simplex
(Gentry) Salywon & Hodgson
Identified by:
Andrew Salywon & Wendy Hodgson
June 2019
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University of Arizona Herbarium (ARIZ)
Wendy C. Hodgson 26925
2012-05-18
Catalog #:
430421
GUID:
urn:uuid:99d85878-159e-4f77-9768-70f820de7e85
Latest Identification:
Agave deserti var. simplex
(Gentry) W.C.Hodgs. & Reveal
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