Agave decipiens

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Agave decipiens
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Agave decipiens

Systematics
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Agave family (Agavoideae)
Genre : Agaves ( agave )
Subgenus : agave
Type : Agave decipiens
Scientific name
Agave decipiens
Baker

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

description

Agave decipiens grows individually and forms a trunk of 1 to 3 m. It forms runners . The variable, narrow, fleshy, lanceolate green leaves are 75 to 100 cm long and 7 to 10 cm wide. The leaf margins are serrated. The dark brown end thorn is 1 to 2 cm long.

The panicle inflorescence becomes 3 to 5 m high. The green to yellow flowers are 60 to 80 mm long and appear in the upper area of ​​the inflorescence and reach the tip, on irregularly arranged branches. Often form bulbils . The funnel-shaped flower tube is 11 to 13 mm long.

The elliptical to elongated three-chambered capsule fruits are 35 to 50 mm long.

The flowering period extends from June to July.

The number of chromosomes is 2n = 180.

Systematics and distribution

Agave decipiens grows in Florida in the United States in coastal regions and in Mexico in the state of Yucatan .

The first description by John Gilbert Baker was published in 1892. Synonyms are Agave laxifolia Baker and Agave spiralis Brandegee ex A. Berger .

Agave decipiens is a member of the Rigidae group . It is geographically isolated, with the exception of Agave neclecta . Launched by the peninsula Yucatan material derived is probably of cultivated origin. The leaves are up to 2 m long in nutrient-rich soils.

Agave decipiens is grown in the Huntington Botanical Gardens in San Marino, California.

literature

  • August J. Propagation: Agave decipiens. In: The Agaves. The Cactus & Succulent Journal Yearbook. 1968, pp. 58-59, 61.
  • Howard Scott Gentry: Agaves of Continental North America . University of Arizona Press, 1982, ISBN 0-8165-0775-9 , pp. 573-574.
  • Thomas Heller: Agaves . Ntv, Münster 2006, ISBN 3-937285-59-8 , pp. 79-80.
  • Mary & Gary Irish: Agaves, yuccas, and related plants. A Gardener's Guide . Timber Press, 2000, ISBN 0-88192-442-3 , pp. 113-114.
  • James L. Reveal, Wendy C. Hodgson: Flora of North America Agavaceae . Oxford University Press, 2002, pp. 432 .
  • J. Thiede: Agave decipiens. In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , p. 25.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Agave decipiens at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
  2. ↑ Bull. Misc. Inform Kew. Contr. US Natl. Herb. 1892, p. 184.
  3. ↑ Howard Scott Gentry: Agaves of Continental North America . 1982, p. 573.

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