Calibanus
| Calibanus | |
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| Calibanus hookeri | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Nolinoideae |
| Genus: | Calibanus Rose |
| Type species | |
| Calibanus caespitosus (syn of C. hookeri) (Scheidw.) Rose.
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Calibanus was a
dioecious. Its name refers to the monster Caliban, an antagonist
in Shakespeare's The Tempest.
Calibanus is
dioecious. It is extremely drought-tolerant, with a slow-growing habit. It has tuberous roots called caudices. The caudex can grow to 1m in diameter, with clumps of green-blue, coarse, grasslike, wiry leaves 50 cm long rising from the center and arching down with age. Clusters of tiny, creamy-white flowers, sometimes tinged with pink or purple, are rigid, about 10–20 cm long. Female plants bear globose, ovoid, 3-angled berries with ellipsoid seeds.[7]
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Closeup of leaves and caudex of Calibanus hookeri -
Detail of corky bark of caudex of Calibanus hookeri
Species
- Calibanus glassianus L.Hern. & Zamudio - Guanajuato
- Calibanus hookeri (Lem.) Trel. - San Luis Potosí, Hidalgo
References
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- ^ Kew Plants of the World Online https://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:297730-2
- ^ Molecular phylogenetics and morphology of Beaucarnea (Ruscaceae) as distinct from Nolina, and the submersion of Calibanus into Beaucarnea (2014). Rojas-Piña, V., Olson, M.E., Alvarado-Cárdenas, L.O. & Eguiarte, L.E.. Taxon 63: 1193-1211. [Cited as Beaucarnea.]
- ^ Kew World Checklist of Selected Plant Families
- ^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, México D.F.
- ^ Govaerts, R. (1999). World Checklist of Seed Plants 3(1, 2a & 2b): 1-1532. Continental Publishing, Deurne.
- ^ Hernández Sandoval, L. & S. Zamudio Ruíz. 2003. Two new remarkable Nolinaceae from central Mexico. Brittonia 55(3): 226–232.