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Dorstenia drakena
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Section |
Dorstenia |
Dorstenia drakena flower
photo courtesy Robert Combes |
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Type
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Herb, subacaul |
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Body |
Partly underground, endocarp and partly tuberous |
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Height |
Low growth |
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Leaves |
In spirals, parted, lobed, deep green, op to 30
cm long and 10 cm wide |
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Flowers |
Flower stem up to 24 cm long, flowering face
round to oval, entirely green, green with purple fringe or
entirely red/purple and up to 3,5 cm in diameter. No appendages. |
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Reproduction |
unknown |
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Area |
From Mexico to SW Costa Rica (Guanacaste and
Puntarenas);
In shade, in various types of dry forest or scrub, (in Mexico)
often in oak forest, often in rocky places, also in secondary
growth;
At altitudes up to ca. 2000 m. |
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Taxonomical details |
D. drakena Linnaeus, Syst. Nat. Veged. 10:
899. 1759 D. Crispata S. Watson (1887); D. mexicana
Bentham (1840); D. ovalis Stokes (1812). |
Dorstenia drakena, photo courtesy Robert Combes Dorstenia drakena, photo courtesy desertmuseumdigitallibrary.com
Dorstenia drakena, photo courtesy Robert Combes
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