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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00074320
Occurrence ID:
525d6f2e-f77f-4971-abf2-5db6000e66e2
Taxon:
Agave simplex
(Gentry) Salywon & Hodgson
Family:
Asparagaceae
Determiner:
Andrew Salywon & Wendy Hodgson (June 2019)
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Determination History
cf.
Agave deserti var. simplex
(Gentry) W.C.Hodgs. & Reveal
Determiner:
unknown
Date:
s.d.
Agave simplex
(Gentry) Salywon & Hodgson
Determiner:
Andrew Salywon & Wendy Hodgson
Date:
June 2019
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
26923
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
32.365209 -111.461291
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 456602E 3581011N
Elevation:
740 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
2423ft
Habitat:
Sonoran Desert scrub on low bajada slopes
Substrate:
granitic
Associated Taxa:
Olneya tesota, Cercidium microphyllum, Larrea tridentata, Cylindropuntia acanthocarpa, Opuntia engelmannii engelmannii, Echinocereus engelmannii.
Description:
Clone of ca 30 plants, growing amongst possible rock alignment(?), this plant with flower stalk ca 5 m tall with 14 umbels, tepals erect, somewhat clasping, ovary, neck light chartreuse, tube green to light chartreuse green-yellow, tepals dark yellow, outer tepals brown tipped, filaments light yellow, anthers yellow, style light yellow, lots of nectar, musky-sweet smell; flower measurements after Gentry (1982) in mm: tl-48, o=22x8.25, n=5, tu=7x13, fil ins=4, 5, fil=50, a=12, outer tep=14x5(base), 4(mid), inner tep 12.5x5(base), 2.5(mid), sty=45; tl=52, o=26x8, n=5, tu=7x11.5, fil ins=4.5, 5.2, fil=52, a=12, outer tep=17x8(base), 4.8(mid), inner tep=16x5(base), 3(mid), sty=59; very little pollen.
Notes:
Sheet 1 of 2; flowers suggestive of A. chrysantha.
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Record ID:
525d6f2e-f77f-4971-abf2-5db6000e66e2
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (
asalywon@dbg.org
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Current Record
Wendy C. Hodgson 26923
2012-05-18
Catalog #:
DES00074320
GUID:
525d6f2e-f77f-4971-abf2-5db6000e66e2
Latest Identification:
Agave simplex
(Gentry) Salywon & Hodgson
Identified by:
Andrew Salywon & Wendy Hodgson
June 2019
Specimen Duplicates
Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Wendy C. Hodgson 26923
2012-05-18
Catalog #:
DES00074321
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 26923
2012-05-18
Catalog #:
430420
GUID:
urn:uuid:1a0ce7bb-d497-4737-86ca-aef0b4935e73
Latest Identification:
Agave deserti var. simplex
(Gentry) W.C.Hodgs. & Reveal
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Arizona State University Vascular Plant Herbarium (ASU:Plants)
Wendy C. Hodgson 26923
2012-05-18
Catalog #:
ASU0313588
Latest Identification:
Agave deserti var. simplex
(Gentry) W.C.Hodgs. & Reveal
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