Beaucarnea

Beaucarnea gracilis, Puebla, México

Navigazione

Navigazione: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Nolinoideae
Tribus: Nolineae
Genus: Beaucarnea
Species: B. compacta – B. glassiana – B. goldmanii – B. gracilis – B. guatemalensis – B. hiriartiae – B. hookeri – B. olsonii – B. pliabilis – B. purpusii – B. recurvata – B. sanctomariana – B. stricta

Nome

Beaucarnea Lem., Ill. Hort. 8: 59. (1861)

• Type species: Beaucarnea recurvata Lem. (1861)

Sinonimi

• Pincenectitia Lem., Ill. Hort. 8 (Misc.): 48. (1861)
• Calibanus Rose, Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 10: 90 (1906)

Nota:

• Sometimes synonymised with Nolina but see Rojas-Piña et al., (2014)

Riferimenti

• Lemaire, A.C. 1861. L'Illustration Horticole 8: Misc. 59.
• Govaerts, R. et al. 2000. Beaucarnea in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the internet. Accessed: 2000 Mar. 14. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2009. Beaucarnea. Published online. Accessed 14 March 2009.
• Rojas-Piña, V., Olson, M.E., Alvarado-Cárdenas, L.O., & Eguiarte, L.E. 2014. Molecular phylogenetics and morphology of Beaucarnea (Ruscaceae) as distinct from Nolina, and the submersion of Calibanus into Beaucarnea. Taxon 63(6): 1193-1211. DOI: 10.12705/636.31 PDF Reference page. 
• Walker, C. 2015. Beaucarnea updated. CactusWorld 33(4): 267–272 PDF Reference page. 

Nomi comuni

English: Ponytail Palms
magyar: Buzogányfa, elefántláb

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