Agave xylonacantha

Agave xylonacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species: A. xylonacantha
Binomial name
Agave xylonacantha
Salm-Dyck
Synonyms[1]
  • Agave amurensis Jacobi
  • Agave carchariodonta Pamp.
  • Agave heteracantha var. splendens (Jacobi) A.Terracc.
  • Agave hybrida Verschaff.
  • Agave kochii Jacobi
  • Agave perbella Baker
  • Agave splendens Jacobi
  • Agave univittata var. carchariodonta (Pamp.) Breitung
  • Agave vanderdonckii Baker

Agave xylonacantha is a plant species native to Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, Guanajuato and Queretaro in Mexico, but commonly cultivated as an ornamental on other regions. A. xylonacantha is an easy-to-grow member of the genus Agave.[2]

Description

Agave xylonacantha produces a basal rosette of up to 180 cm (6 feet) in diameter. Leaves are sword-shaped, up to 90 cm (3 feet) long and 7.5 cm (3 inches) across, each ending in a spine about 4- 5 cm (1.6-2 inches) long. Margins of the leaves have spines up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) across. This gives the margins an undulating appearance. Flowering stalks can reach a height of 3.3 m (11 feet). Flowers are up to 3.5 cm (1.5 inches) in diameter with greenish tepals.[3][4][5]

References

  1. ↑ "The Plant List:A Working List of All Plant Species".
  2. ↑ Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte
  3. ↑ Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
  4. ↑ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
  5. ↑ Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of Continental North America i–xiv, 1–670. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
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