Agave montium-sancticaroli
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Agave montium-sancticaroli is a plant from the genus of the Agave ( agave ). An English common name is "Mezcal San Carlos Agave".
description
Agave montium-sancticaroli grows solitary with a height of 50 to 100 cm and is 200 to 250 cm wide. The green, slightly bluish, variably arranged, lanceolate leaves are 100 to 120 cm long and 9 to 12 cm wide in the middle. The leaf margins are serrated irregularly from the base to the tip. The gray to brown pointed end spine is up to 3.5 cm long.
The racemose to paniculate, straight inflorescence is 5.5 to 7 m high. The green to yellow colored, numerous flowers are 45 to 55 mm long, appear at the end of the variably arranged dense, short branches that form in the middle to the end of the inflorescence. The funnel-shaped flower tube is 5 to 8 mm long.
The elongated three-chamber capsule fruits are 35 to 45 mm long and 17 to 20 mm wide. The moon-shaped, black seeds are 4 to 6 mm long and 3 to 4 mm wide.
Systematics and distribution
Agave montium-sancticaroli grows in Mexico in limited regions in the state of Tamaulipas on rocky slopes, in grass and woodlands at 150 to 800 m altitude. It is associated with Opuntia engelmannii and various succulent species.
The first description by Abisai Josue García-Mendoza was published in 2007.
Agave montium-sancticaroli is a member of the Marginatae group and has limited growth in the Sierra de San Carlos region of Tamaulipas in Mexico. The green, slightly bluish, variably arranged, lanceolate leaves are typical. The leaf margins are irregularly serrated. The gray to brown pointed end spine is up to 3.5 cm long. Agave montium-sancticaroli is closely related to Agave × glomeruliflora . Nevertheless, differences in leaf and flower structure can be seen.
use
Agave montium-sancticaroli is used to make alcoholic beverages (Vino Mezcual "San Carlos").
proof
- August J. Spread : The Agaves . The Cactus & Succulent Journal Yearbook, 1968.