Koeberlinia spinosa var. wivaggii
Brittonia 60: 180, figs. 2D, 4. 2008.
Treatment appears in FNA Volume 7. Treatment on page 185.
Plants 1–3 m; young thorns densely puberulent; mature thorns 20–60 mm, 2–3.4 mm at base (15 or less times longer than base width). Flowers: petals ca. 3 mm; style 0.4–0.7 mm, straight (sometimes slightly curved when dry); gynophore (stipe) 0.3–0.5 mm.
Phenology: Flowering Jun–Jul.
Habitat: Desert flats, hillsides, arroyos
Elevation: 100-2100
Distribution
Ariz., N.Mex., Tex., Mexico (Chihuahua), Mexico (Coahuila), Mexico (Durango), Mexico (Nuevo León), Mexico (San Luis Potosí), Mexico (Sonora), Mexico (Zacatecas)
Discussion
Variety wivaggii is primarily a taxon of the Chihuahuan Desert, occurring in a region between the more easterly var. spinosa and the more westerly var. tenuispina.
Selected References
None.
Lower Taxa
None.
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curved +
dehiscing +
ellipsoid +
globose +
fleshy +
absent +
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incumbent +
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scanty +
brownish +
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thickened +
bisexual +
rotate;crateriform campanulate or urceolate +
indehiscent +
mucronate +
5 cm50 mm <br />0.05 m <br /> (?) +
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slender +
axillary +
pinnate +
evanescent +
0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br /> (?) +
subtending +
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anatropous +
absent +
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3mm;4.8mm +
3 cm30 mm <br />0.03 m <br /> (?) +
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Koeberlinia spinosa var. wivaggii +
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