Agave angustifolia
Agave angustifolia | |
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A. angustifolia 'Marginata' | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
Genus: | Agave |
Species: | A. angustifolia
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Binomial name | |
Agave angustifolia |
Agave angustifolia (Caribbean agave) is a type of agave plant which is native to Mexico and Central America. It is used to make mezcal and also as an ornamental plant, particularly the cultivar 'Marginata'.
The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families regards Agave angustifolia as an illegitimate synonym for Agave vivipara L.[2]
Other sources maintain them as distinct species with non-overlapping native distributions (García-Mendoza and Fernando Chiang 2003). A. angustifolia has narrow, stiffly erect leaves with moderately-spaced spines, producing capsules, not bulibiferous; whereas A. vivipara is described as having shorter, recurved leaves with short-spaced spines and bulbiferous. A. vivipara is likely similar to A. karatto. The A. vivipara of Miller (1768) and Smith et al. (2008) seem different, of a much smaller habit and narrower leaves, from the A. vivipara of Trelease (1913) and García-Mendoza and Fernando Chiang (2003), of a much larger habit.[citation needed]
with inflorescence in Hyderabad, India
inflorescence- close up in Hyderabad, India
in Hyderabad, India
thorn of Caribbean agave at early stages
References[]
- ^ García-Mendoza, A.J.; Casas, A.; González-Elizondo, M.; Torres-García, I.; Véliz, M.; Sandoval-Gutiérrez, D.; Hernández Sandoval, L. (2019). "Agave angustifolia". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
- ^ WCSP (2011), World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2011-09-26, search for "Agave vivipara"
External links[]
- IUCN Red List least concern species
- Agave
- Flora of Central America
- Flora of Central Mexico
- Flora of Northeastern Mexico
- Flora of Northwestern Mexico
- Garden plants of North America
- Drought-tolerant plants
- Plants described in 1812
- Asparagaceae stubs