Asparagaceae
Agave

Agave polyacantha Haw.

First published in Saxifrag. Enum. 2: 35 (1821)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz). It is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Southwest

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • 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.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
[Hart] [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K002171216 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K001096497 Neotype Yes
Reyate [s.n.] K002171392 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171380 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171385 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171383 Yes
{Baker; Brown, N.E.} [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171378 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171389 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K000926396 No
s.coll. [3] K002171394 Yes
Henriguez [s.n.] K002171386 Yes
s.coll. [2] K002171393 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001731167 Yes
{Shaw, H.; St. Souis} [42] K002171387 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171388 Yes
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K001096499 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171382 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171384 Yes
Jacobi [s.n.] Italy K002171379 Yes
Mendoza, A.; Martínez, E.; Ramos, C. [3968] Mexico K000926397 No
Brown, N.E. [s.n.] K001096498 Neotype Yes
[Hart] [s.n.] Trinidad and Tobago K002171217 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171376 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001731168 Yes
[Henrignez] [s.n.] K002171390 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171381 Yes
[Greau, C.] [s.n.] K002171377 Yes
s.coll. [2] K002171391 Yes
Trelease, W. [s.n.] Agave engelmannii K001096500 Unknown Type Material Yes
Trelease, W. [s.n.] Agave engelmannii K001096501 Unknown Type Material Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • 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

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images