Agave univittata

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Agave univittata
Thorn-crested agave plant growing in a xeriscaped garden

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. univittata
Binomial name
Agave univittata
Synonyms[2]
List of synonyms

Agave univittata, the thorn-crested century plant or thorn-crested agave,[3] is a plant species native to coastal areas of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, at elevations less than 100 m (300 feet). It has been widely named Agave lophantha[3] by botanists including Howard Scott Gentry,[4] but the name A. univittata is older and therefore more in accord with nomenclatural rules of botany.[5][page needed]

Agave univittata has thick, fleshy leaves that are stiff and undulate (wavy) along the margins. It has sharp and prominent spines on the edges and tips of the leaves. Flowering stalk is up to 5 m (16 feet) tall, bearing greenish-white to yellow-ish green flowers.[3][4]

It is cultivated as an ornamental plant, and in the UK the cultivar 'Quadricolor' has won the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit.[6][7]

Because the species is widespread and the overall population is stable, it is not considered by the IUCN to be threatened.[1]

References[]

  1. ^ Jump up to: a b Hernández Sandoval, L.; González-Elizondo, M.; Zamudio, S.; Sánchez, E.; Hernández-Martínez, M.; Matías-Palafox, M. (2019). "Agave univittata". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019. Retrieved 25 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Agave univittata". World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (WCSP). Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew – via The Plant List.
  3. ^ Jump up to: a b c Flora of North America Editorial Committee, ed. (2002). "Agave univittata". Flora of North America North of Mexico (FNA). 26. New York and Oxford. pp. 444, 449. Retrieved 25 March 2020 – via eFloras.org, Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis, MO & Harvard University Herbaria, Cambridge, MA.
  4. ^ Jump up to: a b Gentry, Howard Scott (1982). Agaves of Continental North America. Tucson: University of Arizona Press. pp. 157–161. ISBN 0-8165-0775-9.
  5. ^ McNeill, John; Wiersema, John Harry (2012). International Code of Nomenclature for Algae, Fungi and Plants (Melbourne Code): Adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011. Königstein: Koeltz Scientific Books. ISBN 978-3-87429-425-6. OCLC 940304092.
  6. ^ "Agave univittata 'Quadricolor'". www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. Retrieved 27 February 2020.
  7. ^ "AGM Plants - Ornamental" (PDF). www.rhs.org. Royal Horticultural Society. November 2018. p. 3. Retrieved 27 February 2020.

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