Agave angustifolia
Agave angustifolia | |
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A. angustifolia 'Marginata' | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
Genus: | Agave |
Species: |
A. angustifolia
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Binomial name | |
Agave angustifolia |
Agave angustifolia (Caribbean Agave) is a plant which is native to Mexico and Central America. It is used to make mezcal and also as an ornamental plant, particularly the cultivar 'Marginata'.
The World Checklist of Selected Plant Families regards Agave angustifolia as an illegitimate synonym for Agave vivipara L.[1]
Other sources maintain them as distinct species with non-overlapping native distributions (García-Mendoza and Fernando Chiang 2003). A. angustifolia has narrow, stiffly erect leaves with moderately-spaced spines, producing capsules, not bulibiferous; whereas A. vivipara is described as having shorter, recurved leaves with short-spaced spines and bulbiferous. A. vivipara is likely similar to A. karatto. The A. vivipara of Miller (1768) and Smith et al. (2008) seem different, of a much smaller habit and narrower leaves, from the A. vivipara of Trelease (1913) and García-Mendoza and Fernando Chiang (2003), of a much larger habit.[citation needed]
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with inflorescence in Hyderabad, India.
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Caribbean Agave (Agave angustifolia) inflorescence- close up at Secunderabad, AP W IMG 6679.jpg
inflorescence- close up in Hyderabad, India.
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Agave angustifolia (Caribbean Agave) in Hyderabad W IMG 8663.jpg
in Hyderabad, India.
References
- ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found., search for "Agave vivipara"
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