Asparagaceae
Agave

Agave amica (Medik.) Thiede & Govaerts

First published in Phytotaxa 306: 237 (2017)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Central & S. Mexico. It is a tuberous geophyte and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome. It is has environmental uses, as a medicine and for food.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Central, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest

Introduced into:

Belize, Caroline Is., Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Leeward Is., Marianas, Nicaragua, Panamá, Peru, Puerto Rico, Rwanda, Seychelles, Society Is., Turkey, Windward Is.

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Govaerts, R., Nic Lughadha, E., Black, N., Turner, R. & Paton, A. (2021). The World Checklist of Vascular Plants, a continuously updated resource for exploring global plant diversity. https://doi.org/10.1038/s41597-021-00997-6. Scientific Data 8: 215.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. & Strong, M.T. (2012). Catalogue of seed plants of the West Indies. Smithsonian Contributions to Botany 98: 1-1192.
  • Braco, L. & Zarucchi, J.L. (1993). Catalogue of the Flowering Plants and Gymnosperms of Peru: 1-1286. Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis.
  • Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
  • Davis, P.H. (ed.) (1984). Flora of Turkey and the East Aegean Islands 8: 1-632. Edinburgh University Press, Edinburgh.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Fosberg, F.R., Sachet, M.-H., Oliver, R. (1987). A Geographical Checklist of the Micronesian Monocotyledonae. Micronesica; Journal of the College of Guam 20: 19-129.
  • Fournet, J. (2002). Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 2: 1325-2538. Gondwana editions.
  • Moscoso, R.H. (1943). Catalogus Florae Domingensis: 1-732. New York.
  • Robertson, S.A. (1989). Flowering Plants of Seychelles: 1-327. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
  • Troupin, G. (ed.) (1988). Flora du Rwanda 4: 1-651. Musee Royal de l'Afrique Centrale.

Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

  • Bernal, R., Gradstein, S.R., & Celis, M. (eds.). (2020). Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia. v1.1. Universidad Nacional de Colombia. Dataset/Checklist. https://doi.org/10.15472/7avdhn
  • Diazgranados et al. (2021). Catalogue of plants of Colombia. Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia project. In prep.
  • Diazgranados, M., Allkin, B., Black N., Cámara-Leret, R., Canteiro C., Carretero J., Eastwood R., Hargreaves S., Hudson A., Milliken W., Nesbitt, M., Ondo, I., Patmore, K., Pironon, S., Turner, R., Ulian, T. (2020). World Checklist of Useful Plant Species. Produced by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Knowledge Network for Biocomplexity.
  • FPI (2021). Food Plants International. https://fms.cmsvr.com/fmi/webd/Food_Plants_World?homeurl=https://foodplantsinternational.com/plants/
  • GBIF.org (2021). GBIF species matching tool. https://www.gbif.org/tools/species-lookup
  • Medicinal Plant Names Services (MPNS) v.10 (2021); http://mpns.kew.org/

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [Cat. no. 5055] Polianthes tuberosa K001104619 Unknown Type Material Yes
Royle, H.B. [s.n.] India Polianthes tuberosa K002170958 Yes
Wight [s.n.] Polianthes tuberosa K002170955 Yes
{Merrill} [1038] Polianthes tuberosa K002170945 Yes
Perianayagam, S. [71967] India Polianthes tuberosa K002170961 Yes
Valeur, E.J. [683] Dominican Republic Polianthes tuberosa K002170962 Yes
Esquirol, J.H. [s.n.] China Polianthes tuberosa K002170956 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Burma Polianthes tuberosa K002170959 Yes
Burchell [4431-2] Polianthes tuberosa K002170946 Yes
Edgeworth [100] India Polianthes tuberosa K002170960 Yes
Valeur, E.J. [683] Dominican Republic Polianthes tuberosa K002170963 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Polianthes tuberosa K002170957 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Polianthes tuberosa K002170951 Yes
Bulley, A.K.; Forrest, G. [s.n.] China Polianthes tuberosa K002170953 Yes
Guile, D.P.M. [5394] Hong Kong Polianthes tuberosa K002170941 Yes
s.coll. [570] Panama Polianthes tuberosa K002170950 Yes
Mandon, G. [1233] Bolivia Polianthes tuberosa K002170948 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Polianthes tuberosa K002170949 Yes
s.coll. [6634] Ecuador Polianthes tuberosa K002170947 Yes
Chan, K.Y. [1327] Hong Kong Polianthes tuberosa K002170952 Yes
Hu, S.Y.; Arboretum, A. [9496 A] Hong Kong Polianthes tuberosa K002170954 Yes
Lau, J. [2602] United States Polianthes tuberosa K002170944 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Polianthes gracilis K002170942 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • Catálogo de Plantas y Líquenes de Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Universidad Nacional de Colombia

    • ColPlantA database
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Useful Plants and Fungi of Colombia

    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0