Beaucarnea
Beaucarnea | |
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Beaucarnea pliabilis | |
CITES Appendix II (CITES)[2] | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
Genus: | Beaucarnea Lem.[1] |
Type species | |
Beaucarnea recurvata | |
Synonyms[1] | |
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Beaucarnea is a genus of flowering plants native to Mexico and Central America.[1] In the APG III classification system, it is placed in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Nolinoideae (formerly the family Ruscaceae[3]). Beaucarnea is sometimes treated as a synonym of the genus Nolina, with the species being then transferred to that genus. However, recent research shows that Beaucarnea should be treated as an independent genus.[4]
The species are small tropical xerophytic trees growing to 6–10 m tall, with a trunk 20–40 cm diameter with a flared base; young plants are single-stemmed, branching only after flowering. The leaves are evergreen, linear, strap-shaped, 0.5-1.8 m long and 1.5–2 cm broad, leathery in texture, with a finely serrated margin. The flowers are produced only on old trees, forming on large panicles 75–110 cm long, the individual flowers numerous but very small (1.5 mm diameter), greenish-white, with six tepals.
Species
Plants of the World Online accepts the following species:[1]
Image | Scientific name | Distribution |
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Beaucarnea compacta L.Hern. & Zamudio | Guanajuato | |
Beaucarnea glassiana (L.Hern. & Zamudio) V.Rojas-Piña | Guanajuato | |
Beaucarnea goldmanii Rose | Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador | |
![]() | Beaucarnea gracilis Lem. | Puebla, Oaxaca |
![]() | Beaucarnea guatemalensis Rose | Guatemala, Nicaragua |
Beaucarnea hiriartiae L.Hern. | Guerrero | |
![]() | Beaucarnea hookeri (Lem.) Baker | San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo |
Beaucarnea olsonii V. Rojas & L.O. Alvarado[5] | Puebla, Oaxaca | |
![]() | Beaucarnea pliabilis (Baker) Rose | Campeche, Quintana Roo, Yucatán, Guatemala, Belize |
Beaucarnea purpusii Rose | Puebla, Oaxaca | |
Beaucarnea recurvata (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Lem. | Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz | |
Beaucarnea sanctomariana L.Hern. | Oaxaca | |
![]() | Beaucarnea stricta (K.Koch & Fintelm.) Lem. | Oaxaca |
![](http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/7/72/Beaucarnea_stricta.jpg/220px-Beaucarnea_stricta.jpg)
References
- ^ a b c d "Beaucarnea". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 4 January 2022.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ Chase, M.W.; Reveal, J.L. & Fay, M.F. (2009), "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae and Xanthorrhoeaceae", Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society, 161 (2): 132–136, doi:10.1111/j.1095-8339.2009.00999.x
- ^ Rojas-Piña, Vanessa; Olson, Mark E.; Alvarado-Cárdenas, Leonardo O.; Eguiarte, Luis E. (2014-12-22). "Molecular phylogenetics and morphology of Beaucarnea (Ruscaceae) as distinct from Nolina, and the submersion of Calibanus into Beaucarnea". Taxon. 63 (6): 1193–1211. doi:10.12705/636.31.
- ^ ROJAS-PIÑA, VANESSA; ALVARADO-CÁRDENAS, LEONARDO O. (2016-11-25). "Beaucarnea olsonii (Ruscaceae), a new species of ponytail palm from southwestern Puebla, Mexico". Phytotaxa. 286 (1): 13. doi:10.11646/phytotaxa.286.1.2. ISSN 1179-3163.
- The Beaucarnea-Calibanus Page of the National University of Mexico: photographs of the species in the wild
- Germplasm Resources Information Network: Beaucarnea
- New York Botanic Garden: Beaucarnea pliabilis