Agave barbadensis
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Agave barbadensis is a plant from the genus of the Agave ( agave ).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Agave barbadensis sprouts moderately. Their matt dark green, broadly lanceolate, outwardly curved, concave leaves are up to 20 centimeters thick at their base. Young leaves are glaucous . The leaf blade is 150 to 250 centimeters long and 25 to 30 centimeters wide. The leaves are sharply pointed, almost spoon-like towards the tip and folded lengthways. The leaf margin is straight. There are 2 to 3 millimeter long peripheral teeth on it, which are usually 1 to 1.2 centimeters apart. The noticeable peripheral teeth are straight or curved. The rather clawed and conical-awl, smooth end mandrel is rolled inwards at the base. It is 10 to 15 millimeters (rarely from 7 millimeters) long. Its curved tip is blackish brown. The end spine is sloping down and inserted into the green leaf tissue on the reverse side.
Inflorescences and flowers
The narrow, elongated, "panicle" inflorescence reaches a length of 5 to 6 meters and more. The partial inflorescences are on steeply rising branches in the upper third (or more) of the inflorescence. The inflorescence bears abundant and dense bulbils . The 65 to 75 millimeter long flowers are on about 10 millimeters (rarely up to 20 millimeters) long peduncles . The flowers wither before fully opening. Their tepals are yellow. Their tips are 20 to 25 millimeters long. The conical flower tube has a length of about 15 millimeters. The elongated spindle-shaped ovary is 45 to 55 millimeters long.
Systematics and distribution
Agave barbadensis is widespread on the island of Barbados , which belongs to the Lesser Antilles . It grows in dune areas and is often overgrown from culture.
The first description by William Trelease was published in 1913.
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literature
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 15-16 .
Individual evidence
- ^ William Trelease: Agave in the West Indies . In: Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . Volume 11, 1913, pp. 28-29, panels 34-38, 65, 107 ( online ).