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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00074317
Occurrence ID:
79bc2df8-a5fd-44b9-a846-d47008f1e19d
Taxon:
Agave simplex
(Gentry) Salywon & Hodgson
Family:
Asparagaceae
Determiner:
Andrew Salywon & Wendy Hodgson (June 2019)
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Determination History
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:
26926
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
32.355658 -111.457926
Verbatim Coordinates:
12S 456914E 3579951N
Elevation:
740 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
2430ft
Habitat:
Sonoran Desert scrub on bajada slopes
Substrate:
granitic
Associated Taxa:
Fouquieria splendens, Olneya tesota, Carnegiea gigantea, Lycium berlandieri, Cercidium microphyllum, Ambrosia deltoidea, Opuntia engelmannii engelmannii, Echinocactus horizonthalonius nicholii.
Description:
With 3 pups, flower stalk ca 4 m tall, with 16 umbels; ovary, neck, tube light chartreuse green, tepals dark yellow to golden yellow, outer brown-tipped, clasping, filaments light yellow, anthers yellow, style light yellow; flower measurements after Gentry (1982) in mm: tl=47, o=21x8, n=5.5, tu=8.2x11.25, fil ins=4, 4.9, fil=40, a=14, pre-dehiscent, very little pollen, outer tepal=12x5.2(base), 3.7(mid), inner tepal=10.8x4(base), 3.5(mid), sty=45; tl=49, o=23x8, n=4.7, tu=8.2x11, fil ins=5.1, 4.5, fil=41, a=12.5, beginning dehiscing, very little pollen, outer tepal=12x5(base), 3.6(mid), inner tepal=12x4.8(base), 2.8(mid), sty=42.
Reproductive Condition:
flowers
Notes:
Sheet !/!!; flowers suggestive of A. chrysantha. Photo.
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Usage Rights:
CC BY-NC (Attribution-Non-Commercial)
Record ID:
79bc2df8-a5fd-44b9-a846-d47008f1e19d
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