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Graptopetalum orpetii

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Name

Identification
Graptopetalum orpetii E. Walther [family CRASSULACEAE ] (stored under name); Verified by Not on sheet,
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Flora

Entry for Graptopetalum rusbyi (Greene) Rose [family CRASSULACEAE]
Herbarium
Flora of North America (FNA)
Collection
Flora of North America
Resource Type
Reference Sources
Entry From
Flora of North America, Vol 8,
Names
Graptopetalum rusbyi (Greene) Rose [family CRASSULACEAE], Addisonia, 9: 31. 1924,
Cotyledon rusbyi Greene [family CRASSULACEAE], Bull. Torrey Bot. Club, 10: 125. 1883
Echeveria rusbyi (Greene) A. Nelson & J. F. Macbride [family CRASSULACEAE]
Graptopetalum orpetii E. Walther [family CRASSULACEAE]
Treatment Author(s)
Reid V. Moran
Information
Stems with ascending, slender branches, 3–10 mm thick. Leaves: rosettes densely ces-pitose, 10–50-leaved, 2–6(–10) cm diam.; blade green or reddish, rhombic-obovate to oblanceolate, 1.5–5 × 0.8–1.8 cm, rough (especially on margins and keel with peglike or subclavate papillae 0.05–0.1 mm and often narrower), apex with slender apiculum 1–3 mm, surfaces not glaucous. Inflorescences mostly flat cymes; floral stems 0.4–1.8 dm; proximal leaves 2–18 mm; branches mostly 2–5, circinate or not, 1–12-flowered. Pedicels mostly 3–8 mm. Flowers (5–)6–7(–8)-merous; corolla 14–21 mm diam., tube [0.7–]2–3.5 mm, lobes 7–10.5 × 1.2–2.5 mm; pistils not hollowed near base, gradually narrowed to styles 1–1.5 mm. 2n = 62, 63, 64, 66, ca. 93, 124.
Phenology
Flowering late spring
Altitude range
[0–]600–1700 m
Distribution
Mexico (Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora).USA Ariz.
Discussion
Southward in Mexico, the corolla tube in Graptopetalum rusbyi tends to be shorter. The Mexican plants have been confused with G. occidentale Rose of Sinaloa (R. V. Moran 1984).

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