Agave datylio

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Agave datylio
Agave datylio var. Vexans

Agave datylio var. Vexans

Systematics
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Agave family (Agavoideae)
Genre : Agaves ( agave )
Subgenus : agave
Type : Agave datylio
Scientific name
Agave datylio
FAC Weber

Agave datylio is a plant from the genus of the Agave ( agave ). An English common name is "Datilillo".

description

Agave datylio grows individually and forms rosettes . Individual rosettes reach heights of 61 to 100 cm and a diameter of 100 to 150 cm. The agave sometimes forms elongated rhizomes . Their variable, stiff, linear to lanceolate, runny, green to yellow-colored leaves are 50 to 80 cm long and 3 to 4 cm wide. The leaf margins are serrated. The dark brown to gray terminal mandrel is 2.5 to 4 cm long.

The paniculate, narrow inflorescence becomes 3 to 5 m high. The green to yellow colored flowers are 40 to 55 mm long and appear in the upper area of ​​the inflorescence and reach to the tip, on irregularly arranged, small branches. The funnel-shaped flower tube is 5 to 10 mm long.

The elongated three-chamber capsule fruits are 35 to 40 mm long and 15 to 20 mm wide. The black seeds are up to 7 mm long and 6 mm wide.

The flowering period extends from September to December.

Systematics and distribution

Agave datylio is widespread in the Mexican state of Baja California Sur and is found mainly in sandy and granite soils in the Cape region. It is associated with cacti and succulent species.

The first description by Frédéric Albert Constantin Weber was published in 1902.

The following subspecies are distinguished:

  • Agave datylio var. Datylio
  • Agave datylio var. Vexans (Trel.) IMJohnst.

Agave datylio is a member of the Rigidae group . It belongs to the widespread sword-leaf group. The species of agave actites , which is found on the opposite side of the Gulf of California , is the geographically closest member of the group, although it differs in shape, leaf and flower structure. Agave datylio is grown in the Desert Botanical Garden in Phoenix .

literature

  • August J. Spreading : Agave datylio . In: The Agaves . The Cactus & Succulent Journal Yearbook, 1968, pp. 60-61.
  • Howard Scott Gentry: Agaves of Continental North America . University of Arizona Press, 1982, pp. 571-572.
  • Mary & Gary Irish: Agaves, Yuccas and related plants. A Gardener's Guide . Timber Press, 2000, pp. 112-113.
  • J. Thiede: Agave datylio . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , p. 24.

Individual evidence

  1. Bull. Mus. Hist. Nat. (Paris) . 1902, Volume 8, p. 224.
  2. ^ Gentry: 1982, p. 572

Web links

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