Agave macroacantha

Agave macroacantha

Taxonavigation

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Taxonavigation: Asparagales 
Classification System: APG IV

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

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

Name

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Agave macroacantha Zucc., 1832

Synonyms

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  • Homotypic
    • Agave flavescens var. macroacantha (Zucc.) Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 20: 500 (1864).
  • Heterotypic
    • Agave pugioniformis Zucc., Flora 15(2 Beibl.): 97 (1832).
    • Agave flavescens Salm-Dyck, Hort. Dyck.: 8 (1834).
    • Agave concinna Lem., Hort. Vanhoutt. 1(2): 23 (1846).
    • Agave besseriana De Smet ex Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 155 (1865).
    • Agave linearis Jacobi, Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 12: 179 (1869).
    • Agave subfalcata Jacobi, Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 12: 179 (1869).
    • Agave sudburyensis Baker, Gard. Chron., n.s., 8: 137 (1877).
    • Agave oligophylla Baker, Gard. Chron., n.s., 9: 492 (1878).
    • Agave integrifolia Baker, Handb. Amaryll.: 185 (1888).
    • Agave macroacantha var. integrifolia Trel., Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 18: 251 (1907).

Distribution

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Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • Mexico Central; Mexico Southwest

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

References

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Vernacular names

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English: black-spined agave, large-thorned agave
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