Agave potatorum

Taxonavigation edit

Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocots
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species: Agave potatorum

Name edit

Agave potatorum Zucc., 1832

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Agave scolymus Karw. ex Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 307 (1834).
    • Agave elegans Salm-Dyck, Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 89 (1859).
    • Agave latifolia Karw. ex Salm-Dyck, Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 89 (1859).
    • Agave pulchra Salm-Dyck, Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 89 (1859).
    • Agave quadrata Lem., Ill. Hort. 11(Misc.): 65 (1864).
    • Agave amoena Lem. ex Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 120 (1865).
    • Agave saundersii Hook.f., Bot. Mag. 91: t. 5493 (1865).
    • Agave schnittspahnii Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 120 (1865).
    • Agave verschaffeltii Lem. ex Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 122 (1865).
    • Agave auricantha Baker, Gard. Chron., n.s., 8: 40 (1877).
    • Agave scolymus var. polymorpha A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 38 (1885).
    • Agave potatorum var. verschaffeltii (Lem. ex Jacobi) A.Berger, Agaven: 186 (1915)

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico (S. Puebla to WC. Veracruz and C. Oaxaca)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

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