Echeveria acutifolia
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Echeveria acutifolia - Illustration from the first description from 1842 |
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Echeveria acutifolia is a species of the genus Echeveria ( Echeveria ) in the thick-leaf family(Crassulaceae). The specific epithet acutifolia is derived from the Latin words acutus for 'pointed' and folius for 'leafy'.
description
Echeveria acutifolia grows singly and rarely branches. The shoots reach a length of 10 centimeters or more. The almost rhombic and very pointed leaves are concave on the upper side, have an attached tip and are colored green with a purple or red tint.
The narrow cymös -rispige inflorescence is short and stiff branches from 3 to 4, individual flowers. The ascending sepals are linear and half as long as the corolla. The urn-shaped corolla is 5-edged and colored scarlet with a yellow tint.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 54 or 56.
Distribution and systematics
Echeveria acutifolia is common in Mexico in the state of Oaxaca . T. MacDougall found a variant with glossy red leaves on Cerro Guiengola. Abisaí García in Nizanda picked up a shape with mostly green leaves.
The first description was in 1842 by John Lindley . Synonyms for the species are Cotyledon acutifolia (Lindl.) Baker , Cotyledon devensis N.E.Br. , Echeveria devensis (NEBr.) MLGreen and Echeveria holwayi Rose .
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literature
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Crassulaceae (thick leaf family) . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2003, ISBN 3-8001-3998-7 , pp. 107 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 2.
- ↑ Echeveria acutifolia at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ^ Edwards's Botanical Register , Volume 5, 1842, Plate 29 ( online ).
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