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
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.
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hypogynous +
curved +
dehiscing +
ellipsoid +
globose +
fleshy +
absent +
persistent +
incumbent +
absent +
scanty +
brownish +
distinct +
thickened +
bisexual +
rotate;crateriform campanulate or urceolate +
indehiscent +
mucronate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
elongating +
slender +
Present +
axillary +
pinnate +
evanescent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
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axile +
ovoid +
bitegmic +
anatropous +
absent +
hypogynous +
persistent +
absent +
imbricate +
attached +
distinct +
3mm;4.8mm +
equal +
absent +
Flora +
1832 +
not arillate +
blackish +
2;4 +
rugulose +
orbicular;reniform +
greenish white +
persistent +
glabrous +
ovate-deltate +
Illustrated +
absent +
branched +
erect +
terete +
capitate +
unlobed +
minute +
absent +
curved +
persistent +
Koeberlinia spinosa var. spinosa +
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