Agave toumeyana

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Agave toumeyana
Agave toumeyana Jardin des Plantes.jpg

Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species:
A. toumeyana
Binomial name
Agave toumeyana

Agave toumeyana is a plant species endemic to central Arizona.[2]

The species forms dense clumps of rosettes, rarely more than 50 cm high. Flowering stalks can reach 3 meters, bearing greenish-white flowers.[2][3][4] Plant was named in honor of James W. Toumey.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ Salywon, A. (2020). "Agave toumeyana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2020. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ^ Jump up to: a b Flora of North America, v 26, p 447.
  3. ^ Trelease, William. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 23: 140. 1920
  4. ^ Gentry, Howard Scott. 1998. Agaves of Continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
  5. ^ Thornber, J. J. "THE TOUMEY CACTUS GARDEN." The Plant World 9, no. 12 (1906): 273-77. Accessed April 23, 2020. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43476556
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