Agave xylonacantha

Agave xylonacantha

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 xylonacantha

Name edit

Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck, 1859

Synonyms edit

  • Heterotypic
    • Agave amurensis Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 20: 548 (1864).
    • Agave kochii Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 22: 117 (1866).
    • Agave hybrida J.Verschaff., Nursery Cat. (Jean Verschaffelt) 12: 2 (1868).
    • Agave splendens Jacobi, Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1870: 63 (1870).
    • Agave perbella Baker, Gard. Chron., n.s., 7: 527 (1877).
    • Agave vanderdonckii Baker, Gard. Chron., n.s., 7: 527 (1877).
    • Agave xylacantha Anon., Gard. Chron., n.s., 7: 528 (1877).
    • Agave heteracantha var. splendens (Jacobi) A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 31 (1885).
    • Agave carchariodonta Pamp., Nuovo Giorn. Bot. Ital., n.s., 14: 591 (1907).
    • Agave univittata var. carchariodonta (Pamp.) Breitung, Cact. Succ. J. (Los Angeles) 31: 114 (1959).

Distribution edit

Native distribution areas:
  • Continental: Northern America
    • Regional: Mexico
      • NE. Mexico

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

References edit

  • Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck, J. zu, 1859. Bonplandia. Zeitschrift für die gesammte Botanik. Officielles Organ der K. L.-C. Akademie der Naturforscher. Herausgegeben von E. G. Seemann... Hannover, London, Paris 7:92.

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Vernacular names edit

English: century plant
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