Koeberlinia spinosa var. spinosa

Illustrated
Synonyms: Koeberlinia spinosa var. verniflora
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 185.

Plants 0.5–2.5 m; young thorns puberulent; mature thorns 30–80 mm, 0.7–2 mm at base (20+ times longer than base width). Flowers: petals 3–4 mm; style 0.8–1.4 mm, distally bent, curved or hooked when dried; gynophore (stipe) 0.4–0.8 mm.


Phenology: Flowering Feb–May.
Habitat: Brushlands, gullies, hillsides and flats
Elevation: 0-2100 m

Distribution

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Tex., Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Guanajuato), Mexico (Hidalgo), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (Querétaro), Mexico (San Luis Potosí), Mexico (Tamaulipas)

Discussion

Selected References

None.

Lower Taxa

None.
ellipsoid +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br />) +
Gordon C. Tucker +
Zuccarini +
globose +
Tex. +, Mexico (Coahuila) +, Mexico (Guanajuato) +, Mexico (Hidalgo) +, Mexico (Nuevo León) +, Mexico (Querétaro) +, Mexico (San Luis Potosí) +  and Mexico (Tamaulipas) +
0-2100 m +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
0.28 cm2.8 mm <br />0.0028 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
actinomorphic +  and pedunculate +
rotate;crateriform campanulate or urceolate +
indehiscent +
mucronate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
0.04 cm0.4 mm <br />4.0e-4 m <br /> (0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br />) +
Brushlands, gullies, hillsides and flats +
corymbose +  and racemose +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
arranged +  and alternate +
evanescent +
0.02 cm0.2 mm <br />2.0e-4 m <br /> (0.15 cm1.5 mm <br />0.0015 m <br />) +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
1-carpellate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.12 cm1.2 mm <br />0.0012 m <br />) +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
cream +  and greenish white +
distinct +
3mm;4.8mm +
oblanceolate +  and obovate +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.4 cm4 mm <br />0.004 m <br />) +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
Flowering Feb–May. +
not arillate +
rugulose +
orbicular;reniform +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.35 cm3.5 mm <br />0.0035 m <br />) +
greenish white +
persistent +
connate +  and distinct +
ovate-deltate +
0.1 cm1 mm <br />0.001 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
Illustrated +
glabrate +  and glabrous +
persistent +
hooked +  and bent +
0.08 cm0.8 mm <br />8.0e-4 m <br /> (0.14 cm1.4 mm <br />0.0014 m <br />) +
Koeberlinia spinosa var. verniflora +
Koeberlinia spinosa var. spinosa +
Koeberlinia spinosa +
variety +
mature +  and young +
0.07 cm0.7 mm <br />7.0e-4 m <br /> (0.2 cm2 mm <br />0.002 m <br />) +
thorn-tipped +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (70 cm700 mm <br />0.7 m <br />) +
open +  and compact to somewhat +