TOLUCENSIS  Rose, 1905 

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 (Estado de 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.

Cytology : n = ± 60

Note :

1. According to Uhl (1995) this is a close ally of E. secunda but with 2 x as many chromosomes.

2. The description by Walther (Echeveria 1972) is of no use because made from a plant not corresponding to the plant Rose & Painter had collected near Toluca. And accordingly also the summary by Kimanch in the Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants, 2003, based on Walther's description, is of no use.