- Plants
- ›Vascular Plants
- ›flowering plants
- ›monocots
- ›Agaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies
- ›agave and allies
- ›Dragon tree subfamily
- ›nolinas and allies
- ›Beaucarnea
Beaucarnea stricta
Beaucarnea stricta is a tree in the family Asparagaceae, native to Mexico. The specific epithet stricta means "straight, thin", referring to the leaves.
From the article Beaucarnea stricta on Wikipedia (CC BY-SA), quoted section by section
Description
Beaucarnea stricta grows up to 10 metres (30 ft) tall. The stem widens to a large, circular base. The leaves are long, straight and thin.
Range & habitat
Beaucarnea stricta is endemic to Mexico, where it is confined to Oaxaca. Its habitat is in dry forests and shrublands, at altitudes of 800–2,000 m (2,600–6,600 ft).
Wikipedia: “Distribution and habitat”
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
—
geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
Drag the globe to turn it. Dots are where records exist, not a range map; darker means more records.
In the stacks
Searching the stacks…
Every page naming Beaucarnea stricta in the Biodiversity Heritage Library →
This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 206196.