TOLUCENSIS Rose, 1905 (engl./ fr.)
Synonym : Echeveria glauca var. tolucensis (Rose) von Poellnitz (1936)
Series Secundae
Type : Rose & Painter 6818, collected at Toluca, Estado de México, Mexico, 1903. US 450378.
Etymology : Referring to the type locality.
Distribution : Mexico (México: near Toluca)
First Description by Rose in Britton & Rose, North American Flora 22: 22. 1905 :
Acaulescent or in age shortly caulescent.
Leaves forming rather open rosettes, usually ascending, pale, glaucous, oblanceolate, 4 - 6 cm long, 15 - 22 mm broad at widest point, strongly mucronate.
Inflorescence a secund raceme.
Flowers 7 - 12, sepals broadly ovate, obtuse, corolla about 12 mm long.
Link to short descriptions in English and French.
Note :
According to Uhl (1995) this is a close ally of E. secunda but with 2 x as many chromosomes.
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