Agave cacozela
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Agave cacozela is a plant from the genus of the Agave ( agave ).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Agave cacozela grows stemless with individual rosettes . Their yellowish green, slightly gray underlaid, lanceolate leaves are deeply concave. The leaf blade is 150 to 200 centimeters long and 20 centimeters wide. The leaf surface is usually a bit rough. The leaf margin is straight or slightly concave between the marginal teeth. There are usually 2 to 5 millimeters long peripheral teeth on it, which are usually 1 to 1.5 centimeters apart. The narrow, triangular marginal teeth are almost straight or the larger of them are pressed back and bent back. The smooth, matt, triangular-conical, straight or slightly bent back end pin is initially brown and later gray. It is 15 to 20 millimeters long. The descending end mandrel is grooved open below its center.
Inflorescences and flowers
The densely egg-shaped, "panicle" inflorescence reaches a length of 6 to 7 meters. The partial inflorescences are on horizontal or slightly rising branches. The inflorescence occasionally bears bulbils . The 50 to 60 millimeter long flowers are on approximately 10 millimeter long peduncles . Their golden yellow tepals are about 20 millimeters long and 4 to 5 millimeters wide. The flower tube is quite open. The elongated spindle-shaped ovary is 35 to 40 millimeters long.
fruit
The narrow, elongated fruits are 3.5 to 4.5 inches long and 1.5 inches wide. They have a short conical stalk.
Systematics and distribution
Agave braceana is widespread on the island of New Providence , which is part of the Bahamas . It grows on the rocky edges of salt marshes.
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. 19 .