Agave braceana
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Agave braceana is a species ofthe agave ( agave ) genus .
description
Vegetative characteristics
Agave braceana grows without a trunk with individual rosettes . Its gray, broadly lanceolate leaves are almost flat. The leaf blade is up to about 70 centimeters long and 20 centimeters wide. The leaf margin is straight or concave if the marginal teeth are raised on low, green protrusions. There are mostly 2 to 3 millimeter long peripheral teeth on it, which are usually 0.5 to 1 centimeter apart. The triangular marginal teeth are straight, the lower ones slightly bent back. The smooth, matt, conical, straight or slightly curved end mandrel is brownish at first and later gray. It is 10 to 15 millimeters long. The end mandrel, which runs down slightly, is flat or has a round groove up to about its center. Over time, its edges will curve inward.
Inflorescences and flowers
The "panicle" inflorescence reaches a length of up to about 7 meters. The 40 to 45 millimeter long flowers are on approximately 10 millimeter long flower stalks . Their golden yellow tepals are 15 to 17 millimeters long and 3 to 4 millimeters wide. Their tips are 15 to 17 millimeters long. The conical flower tube has a length of about 7 millimeters. The elongated spindle-shaped ovary is 20 millimeters long.
fruit
The broad, elongated fruits are 2 to 3.5 inches long and 2 inches wide. They are short-stalked and beaked.
Systematics and distribution
Agave braceana is widespread on the Abaco Islands belonging to the Bahamas . It grows on rocky or sandy soils in pine formations or coastal groves.
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. 16 .
Individual evidence
- ^ William Trelease: Agave in the West Indies . In: Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . Volume 11, 1913, p. 40, plate 83 ( online ).