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Dasylirion Texanum
''Dasylirion texanum'', the Texas sotol and sotol, is a monocot flowering plant native to central and southwestern Texas and in Coahuila state of northeastern Mexico, including the Chihuahuan Desert. Description The grass-like plant is typically smaller than other ''Dasylirion''s, with small crowns and trunks usually less than 1.5 feet, with long foliage reaching 3–6 ft. Uses Food Indigenous peoples of the region pit-bake the crowns to dry and pound them into flour in order to make bread.http://herb.umd.umich.edu/herb/search.pl?searchstring=Dasylirion+texanum U.Mich: Ethnography Spirits The alcoholic drink sotol, is made from the fermented inner cores of the desert spoon. It has been produced historically in West Texas and currently in Central Texas using the Dasylirion texanum species. Cultivation ''Dasylirion texanum'' is cultivated in by specialty plant nurseries and available as an ornamental plant for native plant, drought tolerant, natural landscape, and habitat g ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
George Heinrich Adolf Scheele
George Heinrich Adolf Scheele (1808–1864) was a German botanist and 19th century explorer. He was an expert on spermatophytes Scheele was the first person to classify '' Cucurbita texana''. ;California An important part of his botanical specimen collections are stored in the Herbarium A herbarium (plural: herbaria) is a collection of preserved plant specimens and associated data used for scientific study. The specimens may be whole plants or plant parts; these will usually be in dried form mounted on a sheet of paper (called ... of the California Academy of Sciences in San Francisco, California. ;Author abbreviation References {{DEFAULTSORT:Scheele, George Heinrich Adolf 19th-century German botanists 1808 births 1864 deaths Botanists active in North America People associated with the California Academy of Sciences ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |