Beschorneria rigida

Beschorneria rigida
	Beschorneria rigida
Systematics
	Monocots
Order :	Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family :	Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily :	Agave family (Agavoideae)
Genre :	Beschorneria
Type :	Beschorneria rigida
Scientific name
	Beschorneria rigida
	rose

Beschorneria rigida is a species of the genus Beschorneria in the subfamily of the agave family (Agavoideae). The specific epithet rigida comes from Latin , means 'stiff' and refers to the leaves of the species.

description

Beschorneria rigida grows without a trunk. The numerous upright and rather stiff leaves are roughened on both sides. Your leaf blade is 30 inches long and up to 2 inches wide. It narrows into the long, pointed tip. The 45 millimeter long flowers are arranged in groups of two to four. Their somewhat rough, cloudy tepals are usually greenish yellow. The stamens are shorter than the tepals.

The elongated fruits measure 3 centimeters and contain black seeds .

Systematics and distribution

Beschorneria rigida is common in the Mexican states of Guanajuato , Puebla , San Luis Potosí and Tamaulipas .

The first description by Joseph Nelson Rose was published in 1909. Beschorneria rigida is not well known.

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literature

Joachim Thiede: Beschorneria rigida . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 76 .

Individual evidence

↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 203.
^ Joseph Nelson Rose: Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 6. In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, Part 7, 1909, p. 262 ( online ).

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[1] Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 203.

[2] Joseph Nelson Rose: Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 6. In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 12, Part 7, 1909, p. 262 ( online ).