Agave evadens
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Agave evadens is a plant from the genus of the Agave ( agave ).
description
Vegetative characteristics
Agave evadens has a short stem-forming growth with presumably somewhat sprouting rosettes . Their narrow, lanceolate leaves are gradually pointed. They are concave open or slightly folded lengthways, or they have edges rolled inwards towards the tip. The leaf blade is 70 to 100 centimeters long. The leaf margin is almost straight. There are 0.5 to 1.5 millimeter long peripheral teeth on it, which are quite close together. The conical, straight or slightly bent back end mandrel has slightly inwardly bent edges at its base. He is 10 to 14 millimeters long and little or not descending.
Inflorescences and flowers
The "panicle" inflorescence is slender. Its few and loose partial inflorescences are on ascending branches. The flowers are 47 to 55 millimeters long. The color of their tepals are unknown. Their tips are 19 to 25 millimeters long. The open flower tube has a length of 2 to 3.5 millimeters. The elongated spindle-shaped ovary is 25 millimeters long.
fruit
The fruits are about 4 inches long. They are clearly stalked.
Systematics and distribution
Agave evadens is common on the island of Trinidad , which belongs to Trinidad and Tobago .
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. 28-29 .
Individual evidence
- ^ William Trelease: Agave in the West Indies . In: Memoirs of the National Academy of Sciences . Volume 11, 1913, pp. 20-21, plates 9-10 ( online ).