Graptopetalum macdougallii
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| image = Graptopetalum macdougallii 1.jpg
| image_caption = A group of Graptopetalum macdougallii with old flowers
| genus = Graptopetalum
| species = macdougallii
| authority = Alexander
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Graptopetalum macdougallii is a plant belonging to the succulent genus Graptopetalum. It is native to Mexico.{{Cite web |url=http://crassulaceae.net/graptopetalummenu/91-photos/930-graptopetalum-macdougallii-engl |title=Graptopetalum macdougallii information from the International Crassulaceae Network |access-date=2014-05-15 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111113054734/http://crassulaceae.net/graptopetalummenu/91-photos/930-graptopetalum-macdougallii-engl |archive-date=2011-11-13 |url-status=dead }}[http://eol.org/pages/5547902/overview Encyclopedia of life] It grows on shady rocks, or rarely as an epiphyte, at an altitude of 1200 – 2100 meters, geographically isolated from all other Graptopetalum species.
Description
Rosette plants; stems short, basally branched and in addition with axillary runners. Rosette dense, ± mat-forming. Leaves tongue-shaped, spreading during the growth season, connivent during the dry season, 2,5 – 3, 5 x 0,8 – 1,5 cm, usually ± bright bluish to greenish, apically drawn out into an up to 2 mm long elongate tip. Inflorescences 5,5 – 7 cm, thyrses ± 1,5 – 3 cm with scorpioid pendant branches with up to 10 flowers in total, pedicels to 2 cm. Flowers 5-merous, sepals basally united, obovate, acute, 6 – 8 mm, petals ovate-lanceolate, pointed, 7 – 10 mm, lower face green, tube 3 – 4 mm, inside whitish-yellow-green, basally scattered brown blotches and/or stripes, these confluent in the middle and resulting in an almost solid coloration towards the tips, apically yellowish-green, lower face with red stripes near the margins, filaments 5 – 8 mm, greenish-white apically tinged reddish.
Cytology : n = 64 – 66, 192, 244 ± 4, 245 ± 5
Gallery
Graptopetalum macdougallii 3.jpg|A flower of Graptopetalum macdougallii
Graptopetalum macdougallii 2.jpg|A single Graptopetalum macdougallii
Graptopetalum macdougallii 01.JPG
Graptopetalum macdougallii 02.JPG
Graptopetalum macdougallii 03.JPG
References
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=Bibliography=
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- {{cite book |editor=Charles Uhl |series=Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Crassulaceae |title=Graptopetalum macdougallii |publisher=Springer |isbn=9783642626296 |year=2003 }}
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Category:Endemic flora of Mexico
Category:Drought-tolerant plants
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