familyCrassulaceae
genusDudleya
subgenusDudleya subg. Dudleya
speciesDudleya cymosa
subspeciesDudleya cymosa subsp. gigantea

Dudleya cymosa subsp. gigantea

(Rose) Moran

Madroño 14: 106. 1957,.

Reid V. Moran
Endemic
Basionym: Dudleya gigantea Rose in N. L. Britton and J. N. Rose, New N. Amer. Crassul., 23. 1903
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 8. Treatment on page 181. Mentioned on page 180, 182.

Caudices mostly simple, 1–3 cm diam. Leaves: rosettes 10–25-leaved; blade gray-blue, oblong-oblanceolate, 4–17 × 1.5–6 cm, apex acute to acuminate, surfaces farinose, glaucous. Inflorescences: floral shoots 7–15-leaved, 15–45 cm; cincinni 3+, 5–20-flowered, 4–17 cm. Petals red, 9–10 × 2–3 mm. 2n = 34.


Phenology: Flowering late spring.
Habitat: On granite
Elevation: 300-600 m

Distribution

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Calif.

Discussion

Subspecies gigantea grows in the foothills of the Sierra Nevada in Amador and Calaveras counties. It includes the largest specimens seen of Dudleya cymosa, and it seems to average larger than other subspecies. As with subsp. pumila, however, this one is not clearly set off from subsp. cymosa; some authors do not recognize it.

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
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2n chromosome quantity
34 +
Androecium position
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
Anther dehiscence
dehiscent +
Apex shape
acute +  and acuminate +
Author
Reid V. Moran +
Authority
(Rose) Moran +
Axillary branch presence
absent +
Basal rosette density
dense +
Base architecture or shape
not spurred +
Base width
0.5cm +  and 3cm +
Basionyms
Dudleya gigantea +
Blade atypical length
2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br />) +
Blade atypical width
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Blade coloration
gray-blue +
Blade length
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
Blade margin architecture or shape
entire +
Blade margin shape
lobed +  and toothed +
Blade position
laminar +
Blade shape
oblong-oblanceolate +
Blade texture
fleshy +
Blade thickness
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
Blade width
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (6 cm60 mm <br />0.06 m <br />) +
Branch architecture
1-3 times bifurcate also with lateral branches +, simple +  and not twisted +
Branch atypical quantity
3 (6) +
Branch quantity
2;3 +
Branch shape
bifurcate +
Branch size or quantity
1-3 times bifurcate also with lateral branches +
Calyx length
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Calyx width
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
Caudex architecture
simple +
Caudex atypical width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
Caudex diameter
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br />) +
Caudex growth form
cespitose +
Caudex height or length or size
short +
Caudex length
0.1cm (5cm) +
Caudex shape
elongate +
Caudex width
1cm;3.5cm +
Cauline leaf architecture
simple +
Cauline leaf arrangement
whorled +, opposite +  and alternate +
Cincinnus architecture
5-20-flowered +
Cincinnus atypical quantity
2 (3) +
Cincinnus atypical some measurement
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
Cincinnus quantity
1 (2) +
Cincinnus shape or vernation
circinate +
Cincinnus some measurement
4 cm40 mm <br />0.04 m <br /> (17 cm170 mm <br />0.17 m <br />) +
Corolla architecture
open +
Corolla shape
5-gonal +  and tubular +
Cyme architecture
2-4-branched +
Cyme shape
obpyramidal +
Distribution
Calif. +
Elevation
300-600 m +
Embryo course
straight +
Endosperm coating
oily +
Endosperm quantity
scant +
Filament fusion
adnate +
Floral shoot architecture
7-15-leaved +
Floral shoot atypical length
30 cm300 mm <br />0.3 m <br /> (50 cm500 mm <br />0.5 m <br />) +
Floral shoot length
4cm (30cm) +
Floral shoot some measurement
15 cm150 mm <br />0.15 m <br /> (45 cm450 mm <br />0.45 m <br />) +
Floral shoot width
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.8 cm8 mm <br />0.008 m <br />) +
Floral stem architecture
branched +  and simple +
Floral stem duration
annual +
Flower architecture
5-merous +
Flower architecture or arrangement or growth form
solitary +
Flower architecture or shape
symmetric +
Flower orientation
erect;pendent +
Flower reproduction
bisexual +
Follicle life cycle
unripe +
Follicle orientation
erect +
Fruit orientation
erect;spreading +
Habitat
On granite +
Hypanthium presence
absent +
Illustration copyright
Flora of North America Association +
Illustrator
Yevonn Wilson-Ramsey +
Inflorescence architecture
2+-cincinnate +
Inflorescence position
axillary +  and terminal +
Lateral branch reproduction
vegetative +
Leaf architecture
sessile +, petiolate +  and subclasping +
Leaf arrangement
alternate +  and crowded +
Leaf atypical quantity
25 (50) +
Leaf condition
drying +
Leaf duration
persistent +
Leaf life cycle
withering +
Leaf orientation
spreading +  and ascending +
Leaf quantity
5 (25) +
Margin architecture or pubescence or shape
not ciliate +
Margin architecture or shape
entire +
Margin arrangement
usually connivent;adjacent +
Margin fusion
free +
Nectary disc architecture or shape
truncate +
Nectary disc width
wider than tall +
Number of lower taxa
0 +
Ovary architecture or structure in adjective form
1-locular +
Ovary base shape
rounded +
Ovary placentation
submarginal +
Ovary position
semi-inferior +  and superior +
Ovule architecture
tenuinucellate +, crassinucellate +  and bitegmic +
Ovule orientation
anatropous +
Pedicel orientation
erect +
Pedicel presence
absent +
Pedicel shape
not bent +
Pedicel some measurement
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
Perianth position
perigynous +  and hypogynous +
Petal atypical quantity
5 (12) +
Petal coloration
red +
Petal fusion
connate +
Petal length
9mm;10mm +
Petal orientation
ascending +  and erect +
Petal quantity
4;5 +
Petal some measurement
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.25 cm2.5 mm <br />0.0025 m <br />) +
Petal width
0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br /> (0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br />) +
Petiole presence
absent +
Phenology
Flowering late spring. +
Pistil architecture
(3-)4-5(-12)[-30+]-carpellate +
Pistil arrangement
connivent +
Pistil atypical quantity
5 (12) +
Pistil fusion
distinct +
Pistil orientation
erect +
Pistil quantity
4;5 +
Pistil shape
not gibbous +
Publication title
Madroño +
Reference
None +
Rosette architecture
10-25-leaved +
Rosette diameter
6cm (15cm) +
Rosette quantity
1;3 +
Seed architecture or shape
cross-ribbed +  and ribbed +
Seed coloration
brownish +
Seed quantity
1;20 +
Seed shape
ovoid +
Sepal atypical quantity
5 (12) +
Sepal fusion
connate +
Sepal height or length or size
shorter +
Sepal quantity
4;5 +
Sepal variability
alike +
Series quantity
1 +  and many +
Smaller leaf arrangement
scattered +
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Special status
Endemic +
Stamen fusion
adnate +  and free +
Stamen position
antipetalous +
Stamen quantity
10 +
Stem architecture
2-branched +  and simple +
Stem life cycle
flowering +
Stem orientation
erect +
Stem texture
fleshy +
Stem variability
alike +
Stigma architecture or shape
capitate +
Stigma atypical quantity
5 (12) +
Stigma position or structure subtype
terminal +
Stigma quantity
4;5 +
Stipule presence
absent +
Style atypical quantity
5 (12) +
Style fusion
distinct +
Style height or length or size
shorter +
Style position or structure subtype
terminal +
Style quantity
4;5 +
Surface pubescence
glaucous +  and farinose +
Taxon family
Crassulaceae +
Taxon name
Dudleya cymosa subsp. gigantea +
Taxon parent
Dudleya cymosa +
Taxon rank
subspecies +
Tip shape
outcurved +
Tube shape
cylindric +  and 5-gonal +
Utricle architecture
1-seeded +
Volume
Volume 8 +
Whole-organism duration
perennial +, biennial +  and annual +
Whole organism duration
perennial +
Whole organism growth form
herb +
Whole organism pubescence
glabrous +
Whole organism reproduction
not viviparous +
Whole organism some measurement
7dm (10dm) +
Whole organism texture
succulent +
Whorl dehiscence
dehiscent +
X chromosome quantity
17 +