Overview
Distribution
Localities documented in Tropicos sources
Mexico (Mesoamerica)
Note: This information is based on publications available through Tropicos and may not represent the entire distribution. Tropicos does not categorize distributions as native or non-native.
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Walther, E. 1972. Echeveria 426 pp.
http://www.tropicos.org/Reference/8484
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Physical Description
Type Information
Catalog Number: US 48390
Collection: Smithsonian Institution, National Museum of Natural History, Department of Botany
Verification Degree: Original publication and alleged type specimen examined
Preparation: Pressed specimen
Collector(s): N. L. Britton
Year Collected: 1902
Locality: New York Botanical Garden., New York, United States, North America
- Holotype: Rose, J. N. 1903. Bull. New York Bot. Gard. 3: 12.
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Molecular Biology and Genetics
Molecular Biology
Statistics of barcoding coverage: Echeveria agavoides
Public Records: 0
Specimens with Barcodes: 2
Species With Barcodes: 1
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Wikipedia
Echeveria agavoides
Echeveria agavoides (=E. looking like an agave) is a species of flowering plant in the Crassulaceae family, native to rocky areas of Mexico, notably the states of San Luis Potosi, Hidalgo, Guanajuato and Durango.
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Taxonomy
Synonyms :
- Cotyledon agavoides (Lem) Baker 1869
- Urbinia agavoides (Lem) Rose 1903
- Echeveria yuccoides Morren 1874
- Urbinia obscura Rose 1903
- Echeveria obscura (Rose) A. berger 1930
Common english name : crested molded wax agave
Varieties :
- Echeveria agavoides var. corderoyi
- Echeveria agavoides var. multifida
- Echeveria agavoides var. prolifera
Cultivars :
- Lipstick, with red leaf edges
- Ebony, with dark brown edges, almost burgundy
- Aquamarine, with icy emerald-green leaves
Description
E. agavoides is a small, succulent stemless plant, 8–12 cm (3–5 in) tall, with a rosette of leaves 7–15 cm (3–6 in) in diameter. It is often solitary, but old plants in good condition grow offsets. The leaves are green, triangular, thicker (6 mm) and more acute than the other echeverias - hence the explanation of their name agavoides, "looking like an agave". Some varieties with bright light have reddish (or bronze) tips and some forms have slightly red to very red margins. The inflorescences in summer appear on slender, single-sided cymes up to 50 cm (20 in) long. The flowers are pink, orange or red, the petals tipped with dark yellow.[1]
Cultivation
As with most echeverias, E. agavoides fears moisture and prefers mineral soils, growing best in light and even direct sunshine, which aids flowering. In order to flower, plants need rest in the winter, without water and in a cold place - but not less than 5 °C (41 °F). In temperate regions they must be kept indoors during winter, but may be placed outside during the summer months.[1]
This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[2]
Many hybrids have been created to obtain more brightly colored flowers or leaves.
The easiest methods of propagation are leaf cuttings and division of older plants.
References
- ^ a b RHS A-Z encyclopedia of garden plants. United Kingdom: Dorling Kindersley. 2008. p. 1136. ISBN 1405332964.
- ^ http://apps.rhs.org.uk/plantselector/plant?plantid=2850
- Attila Kapitany, (2009). Knowing Echeverias, Cactus and Succulent Journal, Volume 81 Issue 2.
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