Comprehensive Description
provided by North American Flora
Echeveria acutifolia Lindl. Bot. Reg. 28 : pL 29. 1842
Cotyledon acutifolia Baker, in Saund. Ref . Bot. 1 : sub pi. 71^ no. 34. 1869.
Caulescent, glabrous throughout. Leaves rhomboid, concave, strongly narrowed at base ; inflorescence a narrow erect panicle ; sepals narrow, very unequal ; corolla red, more
or less tinged with yellow in age, 5-angled.
Type locality : Oaxaca.
Distribution : Known only from the type locality.
- bibliographic citation
- John Kunkel SmaII, George Valentine Nash, Nathaniel Lord Britton, Joseph Nelson Rose, Per Axel Rydber. 1905. ROSALES, PODOSTEMONACEAE, CRASSULACEAE, PENTHORACEAE and PARNASSIACEAE. North American flora. vol 22(1). New York Botanical Garden, New York, NY
