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Desert Botanical Garden Herbarium (DES)
Catalog #:
DES00079000
Occurrence ID:
236044dd-03c6-420e-b745-5e4e617c3b42
Taxon:
Agave parryi var. parryi
Family:
Agavaceae
Collector:
Wendy C. Hodgson
Number:
30470
Date:
2015-06-25
Additional Collectors:
Andrew Salywon, Steve Emrick
Locality:
USA, Arizona, Yavapai County, Coconino National Forest, adjacent to Loy Canyon, east side.
34.94685 -111.91885
Verbatim Coordinates:
34° 56.811' N 111° 55.131' W
Elevation:
1449 meters
Verbatim Elevation:
4755 ft
Habitat:
Pinon pine - juniper open woodland, south-facing sandstone shelf at base of cliff.
Substrate:
Supai sandstone
Associated Taxa:
Quercus turbinella, Pinus edulis, Juniperus, Mimosa aculeaticarpa var. biuncifera, Opuntia phaeacantha, Opuntia phaeacantha, Rhus ovata, Arctostaphylos, Nolina microcarpa, Yucca baccata.
Description:
Locally common, cloning, flower stalk 17 feet tall, several broken off and peeled off, apparently by bear, inflorescence down 40% of stalk; flowers with ovary dark chartreuse green, neck and tube (lower) light chartreuse-yellow, tepal lobes yellow, tips darker yellow (-brownish), not clasping, drying quickly, filaments light yellow-light chartreuse, anthers light yellow, little pollen, much nectar (4 pm), style light yellow-light chartreuse; flower measurements after Gentry (1982) in mm: tl=61, o=33x9, n=5, tu=8(h) x 10(w), outer tepal lobes 13x4(base), 1(mid), inner 13x6(base), 1.5(mid), fil ins=7.5, 8, fil=46, a=14, beginning anthesis, sty=60; tl=67, o=38x9, n=6, tu=8(h) x 10.2(w), outer tepal lobes 13x4(base), 1(mid), inner 13x5(base), 1.2(mid), fil ins=9, 10, fil=40, a=13, beginning anthesis, sty=72.
Notes:
Sheet 1 of 3.
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Usage Rights:
http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/3.0/
Record ID:
236044dd-03c6-420e-b745-5e4e617c3b42
For additional information about this specimen, please contact: Andrew Salywon (
asalywon@dbg.org
)
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