Agave bovicornuta
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Agave bovicornuta is a plant from the genus of the Agave ( agave ). An English common name is "Cow Horn Agave, Lechuguilla Verde".
description
Agave bovicornuta grows individually and forms compact rosettes. The rosettes are 80 to 100 cm high and 150 to 200 cm wide. The green, lanceolate, spatulate, variably arranged, smooth, imprinted leaves are 60 to 80 cm long and 14 to 17 cm wide. They are narrowed at the base and widened from the middle to the tip. The reddish leaf margins are serrated irregularly. The terminal thorn is reddish to brown.
The paniculate inflorescence is 5 to 7 m high. The narrow yellow to green flowers are 55 to 65 mm long and appear on the upper part of the inflorescence on the variably arranged branches. The flower tube is 6 to 8 mm long.
The elongated brown three-chamber capsule fruits are 40 to 50 mm long and 15 to 20 mm wide. The moon-shaped black seeds are 7 to 15 mm long.
Systematics and distribution
Agave bovicornuta grows on the west side of the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico in the states of Sonora , Sinaloa and Chihuahua on stony slopes and in woodland at an altitude of 900 to 1900 m. It is associated with cacti and succulent species.
The first description by Gentry was published in 1942.
Agave bovicornuta is a representative of the Crenatae section . The distribution area is widely scattered over the Sierra Madre Occidental , but only a few plants are settled at the locations. The species can be distinguished within the group by its size, leaf and flower structure. It is easily confused with Agave wocomahi , but differences in leaf and flower structure are recognizable. Individuals can be found in the University of Arizona campus arboretum in Tucson.
literature
- Howard Scott Gentry: Agave bovicornuta . In: Agaves of Continental North America. The University of Arizona Press, 1982, pp. 323-332.
- Mary & Gary Irish: Agave bovicornuta . Agaves , Yuccas and related plants. Timber Press. 2000, pp. 103-104, Pl. 7.
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 16 .
