View source for Manfreda ← Manfreda You do not have permission to edit this page, for the following reason: The action you have requested is limited to users in the group: Users. You can view and copy the source of this page. {{Treatment/ID |accepted_name=Manfreda |accepted_authority=Salisbury |publications={{Treatment/Publication |title=Gen. Pl., |place=78. 1866 |year=1866 }} |basionyms= |synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym |name=Agave sect. Manfreda |authority=(Salisbury) Bentham & Hooker f. |rank=section }} |hierarchy=Agavaceae;Manfreda |hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Agavaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Manfreda]]</div></div> |etymology=For Manfredus de Monte Imperiale, fourteenth-century Italian writer on medical simples |volume=Volume 26 |mention_page=page 413, 414, 463 |treatment_page=page 462 }}<!-- --><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism duration;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>perennial, scapose, rhizomatous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rhizome orientation;rhizome shape;rhizome shape;rhizome shape;rhizome shape">rhizomes upright, globose, or cylindrical.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="root texture;root texture"><b>Roots </b>fleshy or fibrous.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="stem location"><b>Stems </b>subterranean.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="leaf fragility;leaf width;leaf texture"><b>Leaves </b>in rosettes, flexible, thin or succulent;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="blade shape;blade pubescence;blade coloration;base texture;margin architecture or shape;margin relief;margin architecture or shape;tooth pubescence or texture;point pubescence or texture">blade linearlanceolate to oblanceolate, often glaucous, sometimes mottled, base membranous [fibrous in species of s Mexico], margins entire, papillose, or dentate, with cartilaginous teeth, apex a soft point.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>racemose or spikate, bracteate;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="proximal flower architecture">proximal flowers occasionally pedicellate.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="flower architecture or arrangement or growth form;flower duration"><b>Flowers </b>usually solitary at node, nocturnal;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="tepal fusion;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal coloration;tepal coloration">tepals connate basally into tube, green, sometimes tinged with brown, or pale-yellow, or white to pink;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="">perianth-tube narrowly to broadly funnelform;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="limb lobe orientation;limb lobe orientation;limb lobe shape">limb lobes erect or recurved, oblong;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen quantity">stamens 6;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="filament shape;filament position;bud course">filaments inserted on tube, in bud straight or bent, usually exserted at anthesis;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="ovary position">ovary inferior;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="style position">style usually exserted at maturity;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="stigma architecture or shape;stigma shape;stigma architecture;stigma shape;lobe orientation">stigma capitate, 3-angled and furrowed, or 3-lobed with lobes reflexed.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="fruit architecture;fruit shape;fruit dehiscence"><b>Fruits </b>capsular, globose to cylindrical, dehiscence loculicidal.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s18" data-properties="margin arrangement"><b>Seeds </b>flat, triangular, 0.3–0.6 cm on radial margins.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s19" data-properties="seed prominence or shape;seed shape;seed some measurement;x chromosome quantity">x = 30.</span><!-- -->{{Treatment/Body |distribution=se and sc United States;nw Mexico to Honduras and El Salvador |discussion=<p>Species 26 (5 in the flora).</p><!-- --><p>Most Manfreda species occur in Mexico. All species grow in rocky or sandy ground, frequently on slopes. At anther maturity, the style is shorter than the filaments, or bent downward away from the anthers. By stigma maturity on the third day, the style has elongated (and straightened). Manfreda has been included in both Agave and Polianthes in other floras.</p> |tables= |references= }}<!-- --><div class="treatment-key"> ==Key== <div class="treatment-key-group"> {| class="wikitable fna-keytable" |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Limb lobes erect; leaves semisucculent; se and c United States. |[[Manfreda virginica|Manfreda virginica]] |-id=key-0-1 |1 |Limb lobes spreading or recurved; leaves succulent; s Texas. |[[#key-0-2| > 2]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Perianth tube funnelform-campanulate; filaments and styles exserted by 3 cm or more; stigmas clavate, lobes not reflexed; tepals green or brownish. |[[#key-0-3| > 3]] |-id=key-0-2 |2 |Perianth tube funnelform; filaments and styles included or shortly exserted to less than 2.2 cm; stigma not clavate, deeply 3-lobed, lobes recurved; tepals white or pale yellow to pink. |[[#key-0-4| > 4]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Leaves erect-arching, blade linear-lanceolate; inflorescences lax; flowers spreading; filaments wide-spreading. |[[Manfreda variegata|Manfreda variegata]] |-id=key-0-3 |3 |Leaves spreading, blade broadly lanceolate; inflorescences crowded; flowers nearly erect; filaments nearly erect. |[[Manfreda sileri|Manfreda sileri]] |-id=key-0-4 |4 |Filaments exserted; ovary 6–19 mm; perianth tube not narrow, 0.6–2.6 cm; leaf margins minutely denticulate. |[[Manfreda maculosa|Manfreda maculosa]] |-id=key-0-4 |4 |Filaments included; ovary 4–6 mm; perianth tube narrow, 2.3–3.6 cm; leaf margins coarsely denticulate. |[[Manfreda longiflora|Manfreda longiflora]] |} </div></div><!-- -->{{#Taxon: name=Manfreda |author=Susan Verhoek |authority=Salisbury |rank=genus |parent rank=family |synonyms=Agave sect. Manfreda |basionyms= |family=Agavaceae |distribution=se and sc United States;nw Mexico to Honduras and El Salvador |reference=None |publication title=Gen. Pl., |publication year=1866 |special status= |source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_969.xml |genus=Manfreda |base texture=membranous |blade coloration=mottled |blade pubescence=glaucous |blade shape=oblanceolate |bud course=straight |filament position=exserted |filament shape=bent |flower architecture or arrangement or growth form=solitary |flower duration=nocturnal |fruit architecture=capsular |fruit dehiscence=loculicidal |fruit shape=globose;cylindrical |inflorescence architecture=bracteate |inflorescence arrangement=spikate;racemose |leaf fragility=pliable |leaf texture=succulent |leaf width=thin |limb lobe orientation=recurved;erect |limb lobe shape=oblong |lobe orientation=reflexed |margin architecture or shape=dentate;entire |margin arrangement=radial |margin relief=papillose |ovary position=inferior |point pubescence or texture=soft |proximal flower architecture=pedicellate |rhizome orientation=upright |rhizome shape=cylindrical;globose;cylindrical;globose |root texture=fibrous;fleshy |seed prominence or shape=flat |seed shape=triangular |seed some measurement=0.3cm;0.6cm |stamen quantity=6 |stem location=subterranean |stigma architecture=furrowed |stigma architecture or shape=capitate |stigma shape=3-lobed;3-angled |style position=exserted |tepal coloration=pale-yellow or white;pink |tepal fusion=connate |tooth pubescence or texture=cartilaginous |whole_organism architecture=rhizomatous;scapose |whole_organism duration=perennial |whole_organism growth form=plant |x chromosome quantity=30 }}<!-- -->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Agavaceae]] Templates used on this page: Template:Agavaceae (view source) Template:Treatment/AuthorLink (view source) Template:Treatment/Body (view source) Template:Treatment/Body/Maps (view source) Template:Treatment/ID (view source) Template:Treatment/ID/Synonym (view source) Template:Treatment/Publication (view source) Return to Manfreda.