Manfreda sileri

Verhoek

Brittonia 30: 168, figs. 4–6. 1978.

Treatment appears in FNA Volume 26. Treatment on page 464. Mentioned on page 463.

Rhizomes globose. Leaves spreading, succulent, (14–) 25–39 × 2.2–4.8 cm; blade light green, glaucous, spotted with green or brown round to oval markings up to 1 × 0.5 cm, channeled and undulate, or flat, broadly lanceolate, margins with teeth of several sizes, irregularly spaced, often retrorse. Scape 21.4–21.95 dm. Inflorescences crowded, 2.8–3.95 dm, bearing 27–46 (–81) flowers. Flowers nearly erect, with cooked onion odor; tepals golden green adaxially, glaucous and green abaxially; perianth-tube broadly funnelform-campanulate, 0.7–1.5 (–2.2) cm; limb lobes recurved, usually longer than tube, 0.7–2.1 cm; filaments nearly erect at maturity, exserted by 4–6.6 (–9.7) cm, bent near middle in bud; ovary 10–20 mm; style slightly longer than stamens; stigma pale green, clavate, 3-angled, furrowed apically, lobes not reflexed. Capsules cylindrical, 2.3–3.1 × 1.6–1.9 cm.


Phenology: Flowering spring–mid summer.
Habitat: Growing separately or in colonies, in open areas, on clay soil
Elevation: 0–100 m

Discussion

Selected References

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Lower Taxa

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... more about "Manfreda sileri"
longitudinal +
glandular-pubescent +  and glandular +
Susan Verhoek +
Verhoek +
membranous +
spotted +  and light green +
lanceolate +, undulate +  and channeled +
fibrous +, succulent +  and rigid +
reflexed +, erect +  and ascending +
scale-like +
straight +
2.3 cm23 mm <br />0.023 m <br /> (3.1 cm31 mm <br />0.031 m <br />) +
cylindrical +
1.6 cm16 mm <br />0.016 m <br /> (1.9 cm19 mm <br />0.019 m <br />) +
Tex. +  and Mexico (Tamaulipas) +
0–100 m +
pubescent +  and glabrous +
broadened +
unisexual +  and bisexual +
loculicidal +
globose +  and cylindrical +
fleshy +  and dry +
Growing separately or in colonies, in open areas, on clay soil +
pseudopetiolate +, sessile +  and simple +
14 cm140 mm <br />0.14 m <br /> (25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br />) +
long-lived +  and annual +
25 cm250 mm <br />0.25 m <br /> (39 cm390 mm <br />0.39 m <br />) +
succulent +
2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br /> (4.8 cm48 mm <br />0.048 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (2.1 cm21 mm <br />0.021 m <br />) +
not reflexed +
dentate +  and entire +
papillose +
denticulate +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br />) +
0 cm0 mm <br />0 m <br /> (0.5 cm5 mm <br />0.005 m <br />) +
cylindrical +, ovoid +  and 3-angled +
1 cm10 mm <br />0.01 m <br /> (?) +  and 2 cm20 mm <br />0.02 m <br /> (?) +
not +  and articulate +
1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br /> (2.2 cm22 mm <br />0.022 m <br />) +
0.7 cm7 mm <br />0.007 m <br /> (1.5 cm15 mm <br />0.015 m <br />) +
funnelform-campanulate +
semisucculent +
Flowering spring–mid summer. +
fibrous +  and fleshy +
triangular +
0.3 cm3 mm <br />0.003 m <br /> (0.6 cm6 mm <br />0.006 m <br />) +
exserted +  and included +
subterranean +
3 +  and 1 +
3-angled +  and clavate +
slightly longer +
Agave sect. Manfreda +
Manfreda sileri +
Manfreda +
species +
green;golden green +
rhizomatous +  and scapose +
polygamodioecious +, dioecious +, monoecious +, polycarpic +  and monocarpic +
small;gigantic +
petal-like +