Agave ornithobroma
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Agave ornithobroma is a species ofthe agave genus ( agave ). An English common name is "Grass-Like Agave".
description
Agave ornithobroma grows individually to in groups and forms a short trunk. The green to reddish, linear, variably arranged, smooth, briefly pointed leaves are 60 to 75 cm long, 0.5 to 0.8 cm wide. The white to reddish leaf margins are fibrous. The end pin is 0.6 to 1 cm long.
The annual inflorescence is 2.5 to 3 m high. The green, reddish to purple flowers are 30 to 50 mm long and appear in pairs on the upper part of the inflorescence. The funnel-shaped flower tube is 9 to 13 mm long.
The number of chromosomes is 2n = 180.
Systematics and distribution
Agave ornithobroma grows in Mexico in the states of Sinaloa and Nayarit on volcanic rock in tropical savannah-lowland regions.
The first description by Howard Scott Gentry was published in 1982.
Agave ornithobroma is a representative of the Filiferae section . The occurrence is scattered in the Sierra Madre Occidental . The plants growing in small colonies are widespread. It is closely related to agave geminiflora , but differences in shape, leaf and flower structure are recognizable.
literature
- Urs Eggli (ed.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 50-51 .
Individual evidence
- ↑ Agave ornithobroma at Tropicos.org. In: IPCN Chromosome Reports . Missouri Botanical Garden, St. Louis
- ↑ Agaves of Continental North America . The University of Arizona Press, 1982, p. 117.
- ^ Gentry: 1982, p. 118.
