Beaucarnea gracilis is a species of flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family. It is native to Puebla, and northern parts of Oaxaca, in Mexico, where it is endemic to the Tehuacán Valley matorral.[4][5] It grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Beaucarnea |
| Species: | B. gracilis
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It is an arborescent species, and plants can form large trees over time.[5][6] It has a stem that is basally enormously swollen and circular in cross-section, with modest branching, growing up to 12m tall.[7]
The specific name gracilis means thin, presumably referring to the leaves which, as in Beaucarnea recurvata, are long and thin (30-60cm long and 4-7mm wide), but in this species they are erect, very glaucous and with margins minutely but sharply roughened.[7]
As with many species of Beaucarnea, Beaucarnea gracilis has been placed in different genera, including Nolina (as Nolina gracilis),[8] and Dasylirion (as Dasylirion gracile);[9] but modern research supports Beaucarnea existing as a genus, with Beaucarnea gracilis accepted as a species of Beaucarnea.[10]
References
edit- ^ Fuentes, A.C.D.; Martínez Salas, E.; Samain, M.-S. (2020). "Beaucarnea gracilis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020: e.T136808246A137376199. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2020-1.RLTS.T136808246A137376199.en.
- ^ "Appendices | CITES". cites.org. Retrieved 2022-01-14.
- ^ "The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
- ^ Hernández-Sandoval, L G & Zamudio, S (2003) Two new remark able Nolinaceae from Central Mexico. Brittonia 55: 226–232.
- ^ a b "Beaucarnea gracilis Lem. | Plants of the World Online | Kew Science". Plants of the World Online. Retrieved 2024-11-27.
- ^ Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1996). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(6): 1-116. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
- ^ a b Walker, Colin (September 2015). "Beaucarnea updated". CactusWorld. 33 (4): 267–272. ISSN 1751-1429.
- ^ Nolina gracilis (Lem.) Cif. & Giacom. in Nomenclator Fl. Ital. 1: 136 (1950)
- ^ Dasylirion gracile (Lem.) J.F.Macbr. in Contr. Gray Herb. 56: 17 (1918), nom. illeg.
- ^ 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.
Further reading
edit- The Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte