Agave americana L.
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Agave americana L. (1753)
Agave americana L.
Nomenclature
L.
L.
1753
323
ICN
Agave americana L.
species
Agave americana
Classification
Vernacular names
Descriptions
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.
Taxonomic concepts
Historic biostatus
Exotic
Cultivated
New Zealand
Political Region
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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05a087fa-4e97-4e57-a1d3-1b8d3ee43c6e
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1 January 2000
25 November 2022