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Taxon: Agave americana L. subsp. americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry

Genus: Agave
Family: Asparagaceae subfamily: Agavoideae. Also placed in: Agavaceae
Nomen number: 100786
Place of publication: Agric. Handb. 399:80. 1972
Name verified on: 10-Feb-2003 by ARS Systematic Botanists. Last updated: 29-Jun-2009
No species priority site assigned.

NO ACCESSIONS IN NPGS UNDER THIS NAME.

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Common names:

  • spreading century-plant   (Source: F NAmer ) – English

Economic importance:

  • Human food: beverage base   (used to prepare pulque fide McVaugh)

Distributional range:

      Cultivated:
  • NORTHERN AMERICA
    Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona
    Mexico

References:

  • FNA Editorial Committee. 1993–. Flora of North America.
  • Gentry, H. S. 1972. The agave family in Sonora. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 399:80–84.
  • Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America. 283.
  • Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
  • McVaugh, R. 1989. Bromeliaceae to Dioscoreaceae. In: McVaugh, R., Flora Novo-Galiciana. 15:132.

Synonyms:


Check other web resources for Agave americana L. subsp. americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry:

  • Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
  • PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
  • TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
  • Mansfeld: Mansfeld's World Database of Agricultural and Horticultural Crops

Check other databases for images:

  • Google Images Images Note: Be advised that their identity may be inaccurate. Proper identification of a plant may require specialized taxonomic knowledge or comparison with properly documented herbarium material.

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USDA, ARS, National Genetic Resources Program.
Germplasm Resources Information Network - (GRIN) [Online Database].
National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: http://www.ars-grin.gov/cgi-bin/npgs/html/taxon.pl?100786 (19 May 2013)

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