Author: |
L.H. Sandoval & S. Zamudio, 2003 |
Family: |
NOLINACEAE* |
Origin: |
North-Eastern Mexico |
Soil: |
Mix - Grit |
Water:
|
Medium |
Sun: |
Medium - Maximum |
Thickness: |
60 Centimetres |
Height: |
70 Centimetres |
Flower:
|
Yellowish |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
Might
be: Beaucarnea glassiana, Vanessa
Rojas-Piña, 2014 |
This member of the Nolinaceae
family was
given this name by
Luis Hernández Sandoval
and Sergio Zamudioin 2003.
In 2014, Vanessa Rojas-Piña changed it into the Beaucarnea
genera.
It is found between the tropical deciduous forest and the subontane
scrub in the Sierra Madre Oriental near Xichú, Guanajuato, the
north-eastern Mexico, growing in a well
drained soil with some water and some to lots of sun. The natural
exposed caudex can grow to 60 centimetres or more.
Its former named after
Shakespeare's monster Caliban and the specific epithet honours:
Charles Glass.
DNA study by Vanessa Rojas-Piña,
Mark E. Olson, Leonardo O. Alvarado-Cárdenas & Luis E. Eguiarte show
Calibanus is nested within the Beaucarnea.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Nolinaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae. |