Beschorneria is a genus of succulent plants belonging to the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae,[2] native to semi-arid areas of Mexico and Central America.[3][4] They are generally large evergreen perennials forming clumps of grey-green leaves, with tall flower-spikes to 1.5 metres (4.9 ft). Marginally hardy, they may require winter protection in areas subject to frost.
| Beschorneria | |
|---|---|
| |
| Beschorneria albiflora | |
Scientific classification 
| |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Beschorneria Kunth[1] |
- Species[3]
- Beschorneria albiflora Matuda - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala, Honduras
- Beschorneria calcicola A.García-Mendoza - Puebla, Oaxaca, Veracruz
- Beschorneria dubia Carrière - Tamaulipas
- Beschorneria rigida Rose - Guanajuato, San Luis Potosí, Puebla
- Beschorneria septentrionalis A.García Mendoza - Tamaulipas, Nuevo León
- Beschorneria tubiflora (Kunth & C.D.Bouché) Kunth - San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo
- Beschorneria wrightii Hook.f - México State
- Beschorneria yuccoides K.Koch - Hidalgo, Puebla, Veracruz
- formerly included
Three names have been coined using the name Beschorneria (B. floribunda, B. multiflora, and B. parmentieri), all referring to the species now known as Furcraea parmentieri.[3][5] See Furcraea.
References edit
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Beschorneria.
- ^ Kunth, Karl (Carl) Sigismund. 1850. Enumeratio Plantarum Omnium Hucusque Cognitarum 5: 844-845 in Latin
- ^ Stevens, P.F., Angiosperm Phylogeny Website: Asparagales: Agavoideae
- ^ a b c Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 978-1405332965.
- ^ García-Mendoza, Abisaí Josué. 2000. Revisión taxonómica de las especies arborescentes de Furcraea (Agavaceae) en México y Guatemala Boletín de la Sociedad Botánica de México 66: 113–129