Furcraea quicheensis

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Furcraea quicheensis
Systematics
Monocots
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Agave family (Agavoideae)
Genre : Furcraea
Type : Furcraea quicheensis
Scientific name
Furcraea quicheensis
Trel.

Furcraea quicheensis is a species of the genus Furcraea in the subfamily of the agave family (Agavoideae). The specific epithet quicheensis refers to the occurrence of the species in the Guatemalan Quiché department.

description

Furcraea quicheensis forms a single or slightly branched, 1 to 1.5 meter (rarely up to 2 meter) long trunk. The linear-lanceolate, broadly pointed leaves are gradually narrowed towards their base. Their green- blue , flattened, somewhat leathery and rough leaf blades are 90 to 120 centimeters long (rarely up to 180 centimeters) and 6 to 11 centimeters wide. Its hardened tip is tightly rounded and blunt. On the narrow, somewhat horny, yellow leaf margins there are tiny, straight, yellowish marginal teeth that are 1 to 2 millimeters apart.

The narrow inflorescence reaches a height of 2 to 5 meters and is less than 1 meter wide. The bracts are two to three times longer than the 20 to 35 millimeters long, bare flower stalks . The six to ten flowers standing together are 50 to 70 millimeters in length (rarely from 40 millimeters). Your elliptical, greenish yellow tepals are 30 to 60 millimeters long and 10 millimeters wide. The stamens are 10 to 13 millimeters long. The bald ovary is 20 to 35 millimeters long. Stylus is about 15 millimeters long.

The elongated, short-billed fruits reach a length of 5 to 8 centimeters and a width of 2 to 3 centimeters. They contain seeds 10 millimeters long and 6 millimeters wide .

Systematics and distribution

Furcraea quicheensis is distributed in the Mexican state of Chiapas as well as in Guatemala and Honduras in oak forests at altitudes of 2300 to 3300 meters.

The first description by William Trelease was published in 1915.

Furcraea quicheensis is classified in the genus in the section Furcraea .

use

Furcraea quicheensis is cultivated on the basis of the fibers obtained from it .

proof

literature

  • Joachim Thiede: Furcraea quicheensis . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 82 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 198.
  2. ↑ Rafaël Govaerts (Ed.): Furcraea - World Checklist of Selected Plant Families of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on July 30, 2018.
  3. ↑ William Trelease : The Agaveae of Guatemala . In: Transactions of the Academy of Science of Saint Louis . Volume 23, number 3, 1915, p. 148, plate 29 ( online ).

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