Agave cocui
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Agave cocui is a plant from the genus of the Agave ( agave ).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Agave cocui grows with individual rosettes . Its initially glaucous , broadly lanceolate, rutty, deep and sometimes arched concave leaves soon turn green and shiny. They are sharply pointed or slightly tapered. The leaf blade is 100 to 120 centimeters (rarely 80 to 140 centimeters) long and about 30 centimeters wide. The leaf margin is concave. It has reddish chestnut brown, 2.5 to 6 millimeter long peripheral teeth, which are usually 1 to 2 centimeters apart. The marginal teeth are usually bent upwards near the tip of the leaf and bent downwards towards the base of the leaf. They are pointed triangular or arise from a crescent-shaped base on green or over time hardening protrusions. The red-brown, smooth, conical, triangular terminal mandrel is gently grooved below its center and has inwardly directed edges towards the base. It is 12 to 20 millimeters (rarely 10 to 30 millimeters) long. The lower end of the mandrel is sunk into the green leaf tissue on the back.
Inflorescences and flowers
The narrow, elongated, "paniculate" inflorescence reaches a length of 5 to 10 meters. Its partial inflorescences are on almost horizontal branches. The flowers are 40 to 65 millimeters long, their tepals are yellow. Their tips are about 18 to 25 millimeters long. The open conical flower tube is 3 to 7 millimeters long. The ovary is 25 to 40 millimeters long.
fruit
The elongated fruits are 4 to 5 inches long and 1.7 to 2.5 inches wide. They are slightly stalked or beaked.
Systematics and distribution
Agave cocui is widespread in Venezuela and Colombia , especially in coastal areas. It also grows on the Leeward islands belonging Aruba , Bonaire , Curacao and Margarita , where she was but maybe just introduced.
The first description by William Trelease was published in 1913.
proof
literature
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 22 .
Individual evidence
- ^ William Trelease: Agave in the West Indies . In: Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . Volume 11, 1913, pp. 19-20, plates 5-7 ( online ).
