Author: | Joseph Nelson Rose, 1906
|
Family: |
NOLINACEAE* |
Origin: |
C, SW Mexico |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Minimum - Medium |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
1,5 Metres |
Height: |
4 Metres |
Flower:
|
Crème |
Propagate: |
Seeds |
Names:
|
Ponytail
Palm, Bottle Palm |
Synonyms: |
Tropicos:
Beaucarnea stricta,
Charles Lemaire, 1861 |
This member of the Nolinaceae family was given this name by
Joseph Nelson Rose in 1906. It is found
in central and south-western Mexico, growing in a well drained soil with
little to some water and lots of sun. The caudex can grow to a
meter and a half
centimetres in diameter, the entire plant to four metres in
height. The
flowers are crème coloured.
Mark E. Olsen write:
Beaucarnea purpusii is restricted in its distribution to a few
relatively high dry tropical localities. It is remarkable for being
highly branched, often with many stout trunks and a relatively
slender base. The leaves of this species are broader than those of
Beaucarnea stricta, which grows nearby, and can accumulate
along the branches in very dense, long-lived mats. Like the other
dryland species of the clade, the bark of Beaucarnea purpusii
is very thick and furrowed.
The genera name after Monsieur
Beaucarne, a Belgian succulent plant grower who first collected
flowers of the genera. The species name after Carl Albert Purpus,
1851-1941, a German plant collector in North America and Mexico.
*)Accordantly to the latest taxonomic system; APG
IV 2016,
Nolinaceae
is
now part of
the Asparagaceae. |