Agave virginica

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Agave virginica
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Agave virginica

Systematics
Order : Asparagales (Asparagales)
Family : Asparagaceae (Asparagaceae)
Subfamily : Agave family (Agavoideae)
Genre : Agaves ( agave )
Subgenus : Manfreda
Type : Agave virginica
Scientific name
Agave virginica
L.

Agave virginica is a species of the agave genus( Agave ) in the subfamily of the agave family (Agavoideae). The specific epithet virginica comes from Latin and refers to occurrence of the species in Virginia .

description

Agave virginica grows with rhizomes 1 to 2.5 (rarely up to 5) centimeters long and 1 to 2.3 (rarely up to 2.5) centimeters wide. The numerous roots are fleshy. The approximately 10 semi-succulent leaves are inverted lanceolate to linear-lanceolate and spread out. They are 12 to 15 (rarely up to 30) centimeters long and 1 to 4.5 centimeters wide, usually a uniform green with red spots and lines near the base.

The 0.7 to 1.9 (rarely 2.1) meter high inflorescence bears 10 to 44 (rarely 61) upright green single flowers over a length of 14 to 68 centimeters , which stand together tightly together.

The spherical fruits are 1 to 1.8 (rarely 2.5) centimeters long and 1 to 1.7 centimeters wide.

Systematics and distribution

Agave virginica is common in the southern and eastern United States . The plants grow in wooded areas on rocky and sandy soils. Agave virginica is the only species of the Manfreda subgenus that also occurs in temperate climates . She is assigned to the Manfreda group.

The first scientific description was published in 1753 by Carl von Linné in Species Plantarum . Nomenclatory synonyms are Manfreda virginica (L.) Rose (1899) and Polianthes virginica (L.) Shinners (1966).

The following subspecies are distinguished:

  • Agave virginica subsp. virginica
  • Agave virginica subsp. lata (Shinners) Thiede & Eggli

proof

literature

  • Joachim Thiede: Agave virginica . In: Urs Eggli (Hrsg.): Succulent lexicon. Monocotyledons . Eugen Ulmer, Stuttgart 2001, ISBN 3-8001-3662-7 , pp. 71 .

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names . Springer, Berlin / Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3 , p. 253.
  2. ↑ Carl von Linné: Species Plantarum . 1st edition, Lars Salvius, Stockholm 1753, p. 323 (online) .
  3. ^ Joseph Nelson Rose: Studies of Mexican and Central American Plants - No. 2. In: Contributions from the United States National Herbarium . Volume 5, Part 4, 1899, p. 155 (online) .
  4. ↑ Lloyd Herbert Shinners: Texas Polianthes, including Manfreda (Agave subgenus Manfreda) and Runyonia (Agavaceae) . In: Sida . Volume 2, Number 4, 1966, p. 335 (online) .

further reading

  • Jerry M. Baskin, Carol C. Baskin: The Ecological Life History of Agave virginica L. in Tennessee Cedar Glades . In: American Midland Naturalist . Volume 86, No. 2, 1971, pp. 449-462 ( JSTOR 2423636 ).

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