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Taxon: Beaucarnea recurvata Lem.

Genus: Beaucarnea
Family: Asparagaceae subfamily: Nolinoideae. Also placed in: Agavaceae Convallariaceae Dracaenaceae Liliaceae Nolinaceae Ruscaceae
Nomen number: 6608
Place of publication: Ill. Hort. 8: misc. 59. 1861
Name verified on: 14-Mar-1995 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 22-May-1997
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

Common names:

  • bottle-palm   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • elephant-foot-tree   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • pony-tail   (Source: Dict Gard ) – English
  • beaucarnea   (Source: D. Groth, p.c. 2005) – Portuguese (Brazil)

Economic importance:


Distributional range:

      Native:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Mexico

References:

  • Erhardt, W. et al. 2000. Zander: Handwörterbuch der Pflanzennamen, 16. Auflage. (Zander ed16)
  • Groth, D. 2005. pers. comm. [re. Brazilian common names].
  • Huxley, A., ed. 1992. The new Royal Horticultural Society dictionary of gardening. (Dict Gard) [= Nolina recurvata (Lemaire) Hemsl.].
  • Staples, G. W. & D. R. Herbst. 1996. Nomenclature changes affecting cultivated plants. I. Baileya 23:171. [= Nolina recurvata (Lemaire) Hemsl.].
  • Walters, S. M. et al., eds. 1986–. European garden flora. (Eur Gard F)
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Synonyms:


Check other databases for Beaucarnea recurvata Lem.:

  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
  • AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
  • Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.
    Note: Defaults to a search by genus or species epithet if species binomial not found.

Check other databases for images:

  • PlantSystematics.org
  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?6608 (09 February 2010)

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