Echeveria fulgens

Nieves-Hernández, Gregorio, Vázquez-García, J. Antonio, Muñiz-Castro, Miguel Ángel & Cházaro-Basáñez, Miguel, 2014, Echeveria cerrograndensis (Crassulaceae) a new species from eastern calcareous Sierra de Manantlán, Colima, Mexico, Phytotaxa 172 (3), pp. 247-255 : 254

Key to species of the Echeveria fulgens complex

1. Nectaries red to dark red....................................................................................................................................................................2.

- Nectaries yellow to pale yellow ........................................................................................................................................................3.

2. Stems not evident; leaves 6–10 × 3.5–5.5 cm, margin crenulated and reddish; floral stems 2–3, 50– 54 cm, total number of flowers (12–)18–20, nectaries red ................................................................................................................................................. E. roseiflora

- Stems 2–5 cm; leaves (3–)4–6 × 2.5–3.5 cm, margin straight and pinkish; floral stems 1–2, 11–22 (–35) cm, total number of flowers 4–11; nectaries dark red ........................................................................................................................... E. cerrograndensis

3. Stems 1–11 cm; corolla not bicolored .............................................................................................................................................. 4.

- Stems 15–40 cm; corolla bicolored ...................................................................................................................................................5.

4. Stems 1–1.5 cm long, leaves broadly obovate, pale to olive green, grayish green or purple; total number of flowers 7–28; corolla orange pinkish to pink ................................................................................................................................................... E. perezcalixii

- Stems 8–11 cm long, leaves oblong-obovate, pale to dark green; total number of flowers 5–7; corolla scarlet red to coral red........ ...................................................................................................................................................................................... E. purhepecha

5. Bracteoles absent; leaves green yellowish, somewhat glaucous, to dark red, the margin undulated reddish, not hyaline; inflorescence 50–90 cm; total number of flowers ca. 20–24, flowers per branch 12 or more, pedicels 2–6 mm; corolla 12–15 cm long................ ............................................................................................................................................................................................. E. fulgens

- Bracteoles present; leaves green or olive to brownish green, the margin straight green, hyaline; inflorescence 30–40, total number of flowers 10–11, flowers per branch (1–)3–5, pedicels 7–8 mm; corolla 10–11 cm long................................ E. munizii (in press)