Agave pelona

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Agave pelona
Systematics
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Agave family (Agavoideae)
Genre : Agaves ( agave )
Subgenus : Littaea
Type : Agave pelona
Scientific name
Agave pelona
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Agave pelona is a species ofthe agave genus ( agave ). An English common name is "Mescal Pelon Agave".

description

Agave pelona grows individually, forming a short stem. The compact rosettes are 40 to 50 cm high and 60 to 80 cm wide. The green, linear, lanceolate, tapering, tiny dotted leaves are 35 to 50 cm long and 3 to 5 cm wide. The white leaf margins are smooth. The pointed, reddish end thorn becomes 4 to 7 cm long.

The year-old straight to curved, narrow inflorescence is 2 to 3 m high. The bell-shaped, red flowers are 30 to 50 mm long, appear close to the upper part of the inflorescence. The funnel-shaped flower tube is 8 to 9 mm long.

The elongated to egg-shaped brown three-chambered capsule fruits are 25 to 30 mm long and 12 to 15 mm wide. The variably shaped, black seeds are up to 5 mm long and 5 mm wide.

The flowering period extends from April to May.

Systematics and distribution

Agave pelona grows endemically in Mexico in the state of Sonora on limestone slopes at an altitude of 500 to 1200 m.

The first description by Gentry was published in 1972.

Agave pelona is a member of the Marginatae group and has limited growth in and near the Caborca ​​region. Typical are the somewhat stem-forming rosettes with strong dark green leaves and red bell-shaped flowers. It is geographically isolated from the rest of the species in the group. Because of the flower structure, the species could be assigned to the Filifera group (Gentry 1982: p. 169).

literature

  • Howard Scott Gentry: Agave pelona . In: Agaves of Continental North America. The University of Arizona Press, 1982, p. 170.
  • RM Turner et al .: Sonora desert plants. At ecolocigal atlas. The University of Arizona Press, 1995, 504 pages.
  • Mary & Gary Irish: Agaves, yuccas, and related plants. A Gardener's Guide. Timber Press, 2000, ISBN 0-88192-442-3 , pp. 150-151 Pl. 1-1.
  • J. Thiede: Agave pelona . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 54 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Gentry: In: USDA Agric. Handb. Volume 399, p. 76, (1972).