Taxon: Agave deserti Engelm.

• the 8 historical accession(s) associated with this name.
• Check PlantSearch database of Botanic Gardens Conservation International for possible non-NPGS germplasm.
• Check AABGA/NAPCC contact person for genus for possible non-NPGS germplasm.

See also subordinate taxa:

• Agave deserti subsp. deserti (no accessions)
• Agave deserti subsp. pringlei (no accessions)
• Agave deserti subsp. simplex (no accessions)

Common names:

• desert agave   (Source: F NAmer [as A. deserti var. deserti]) – English   [Agave deserti subsp. deserti]
  
• simple desert agave   (Source: F NAmer [as A. deserti var. simplex]) – English   [Agave deserti subsp. simplex]
  

Economic importance:

• View ethnobotanical data from Moerman's Native American Ethnobotany Database

Distributional range:

• NORTHERN AMERICA (Check conservation status in U.S. & Canada in NatureServe Explorer database)
  Southwestern U.S.A.: United States - Arizona, California [s.]
  Northern Mexico: Mexico - Baja Norte, Sonora [n.w.]

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.
• Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America.
• Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third.
• Navarro-Quezada, A. et al. 2003. Genetic differentiation in the Agave deserti (Agavaceae) complex of the Sonoran desert. Heredity 90:220–227.

More:

Search AGRICOLA article citation database for citations referencing Agave deserti.

Search NCBI's Entrez search engine for PubMed citations referencing Agave deserti.

Search Biodiversity Heritage Library for historical publications referencing Agave deserti.

Synonyms:

• Agave pringlei Engelm. ex Baker [≡ Agave deserti subsp. pringlei]
  (previously associated with 2 accessions)

Check other web resources for Agave deserti Engelm.:

• Flora of North America: Collaborative Floristic Effort of North American Botanists
• PLANTS: USDA-NRCS Database of Plants of the United States and its Territories
• BONAP: North American Plant Atlas of the Biota of North America Program
• TROPICOS: Nomenclatural and Specimen Database of the Missouri Botanical Garden
• ePIC: Electronic Plant Information Centre of Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew
• AGRICOLA: Article Citation Database or NAL Catalog of USDA's National Agricultural Library
• Entrez: NCBI's search engine for PubMed citations, GenBank sequences, etc.

Images:

• Seed: U.S. National Seed Herbarium image

More:

• Check PlantSystematics.org for additional 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.

Abbreviations & symbols in GRIN Taxonomy

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