Re: Dasylirion ID

Dear Steve,
My dasylirion has no spines or prickles all along the
leaf, but the leaf is actually triangular. It was sold
to me as d. longissimum-do you think it's d.
quadrangulatum S. Watson?
Val

> Its not that Dasylirion longissimum has been
> renamed, the name has been misapplied to the wrong
> species.
> 
> The Dasylirion with spineless square leaves is
> correctly named Dasylirion quadrangulatum S.Watson.
> 
> Dasylirion longissimum Lemaire also has square
> leaves but they have prickles toward the base. 
> 

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