Biology:Hechtia montana
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Short description: Species of flowering plant
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Clade: | Commelinids |
| Order: | Poales |
| Family: | Bromeliaceae |
| Genus: | Hechtia |
| Species: | H. montana
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| Binomial name | |
| Hechtia montana Brandegee
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Hechtia montana is a species of plant in the genus Hechtia. This species is endemic to Mexico.
The Latin specific epithet montana refers to mountains or coming from mountains.[1]
The plant is used as a traditional food source in Sonora, Mexico; the Guarijío call it hichiconi and roast the rosettes, eating them much like an artichoke, while the Tarahumara are said to give it the name chikani and eat the leaves raw year-round.[2]
Hechtia montana with Dudleya nubigena in the Sierra de las Cacachilas, Baja California Sur, Mexico.
References
- ↑ Archibald William Smith A Gardener's Handbook of Plant Names: Their Meanings and Origins, p. 239, at Google Books
- ↑ Felger, Richard S. (2000). "Roasting the Hechtia out of it: The use of Hechtia montana (Bromeliaceae) as a Food Plant in Sonora, Mexico". Economic Botany 54 (2): 229–233.
- Espejo-Serna, Adolfo; López-Ferrari, Ana Rosa; Ramírez-morillo, Ivón; Holst, Bruce K.; Luther, Harry E.; Till, Walter (1 June 2004). "Checklist of Mexican Bromeliaceae with Notes on Species Distribution and Levels of Endemism" (in en). Selbyana 25 (1): 33–86. ISSN 2689-0682. https://journals.flvc.org/selbyana/article/view/121512.
Wikidata ☰ Q15296464 entry
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