Agave sisalana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

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

Name

Agave sisalana Perrine, 1838

Synonyms

Homotypic
- Agave rigida var. sisalana (Perrine) Engelm., Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 316 (1875).
Heterotypic
- Agave sisalana var. armata Trel., Mem. Natl. Acad. Sci. 11: 49 (1913).
- Agave sisalana f. armata (Trel.) Trel., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 118 (1920).
- Agave amaniensis Trel. & Nowell, Bull. Misc. Inform. Kew 1933: 465 (1933).
- Agave segurae D.Guillot & P.Van der Meer, Flora Montiber. 29: 30 (2005).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:
Continental: Northern America Regional: Mexico Mexico (Yucatan Pen.) References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2^nd Edition

References

Perrine, H., 1838. Congr. Doc. 564: 87

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Agave sisalana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 05. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Agave sisalana. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 05 2019.
The Plant List 2013. Agave sisalana in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 05.
Tropicos.org 2019. Agave sisalana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 05 Jan. 2019.
USDA, ARS, Germplasm Resources Information Network. Agave sisalana in the Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN), U.S. Department of Agriculture Agricultural Research Service. Accessed: 08-Apr-12.

Vernacular names

Afrikaans: Sisal
български: Сизал
čeština: Agáve sisalová
English: Sisal
español: Sisal
suomi: Sisalagaave
français: Sisal
magyar: Szizál, Szizálagávé
italiano: Agave sisalana, Sisal
日本語: サイザルアサ
polski: Agawa sizalowa, Sizal
português: Sisal
русский: Сизаль
Türkçe: Sisal
中文: 剑麻, 菠萝麻

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