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Agave americana L.

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New Zealand
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L.
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323
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Agave americana L.
species
Agave americana

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americana

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Agave americana L.

Acaulescent perennial. Leaves 1-2 m × 15 cm in large basal rosette fleshy, triangular in section, rosette dying after flowering and replaced by several small lateral rosettes; lamina rigid, leathery, glaucous, lanceolate, ± concave, outer often recurved from above middle, tipped by a conical hard stout dark brown or grey spine 2.5 cm long, margins with coarse grey-brown teeth to 5 mm long borne on horny prominences c. 4 cm apart. Panicle large, 1-2 m long, candelabra-like, terminal on stout ± woody scape 7-10 m high (produced rapidly at maturity of plant after 10-15 years' vegetative growth). Flowers many, yellow. Capsule to 5 cm long, oblong. Seeds black.

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Agave americana L.
Agave americana L.
Agave americana L.
Agave americana L.
Agave americana L.
Agave americana L.
Agave americana L.
Agave americana L.

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Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
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Subtropicals, Vol. 1, No. 4, p. 1,8; the non-typcial variety Agave americana var. medio-picta was recorded as "Agave americana var. medio-picta alba". Also recorded, unindexed, as the species in Subtropicals 4(3): 39

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Agave americana L.
Australia
Agave americana L.
New Zealand
Agave americana L.
New Zealand
Canterbury Land District
Agave americana L.
New Zealand
Gisborne Land District
Agave americana L.
New Zealand
Hawke's Bay Land District
Agave americana L.
New Zealand
Marlborough Land District
Agave americana L.
New Zealand
North Auckland Land District
Agave americana L.
New Zealand
South Auckland Land District
Agave americana L.
New Zealand
Wellington Land District

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05a087fa-4e97-4e57-a1d3-1b8d3ee43c6e
scientific name
Names_Plants
1 January 2000
25 November 2022
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