Agave nizandensis
Agave nizandensis | |
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Agave nizandensis (Botanical garden Jevremovac) | |
Scientific classification ![]() | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
Genus: | Agave |
Species: | A. nizandensis |
Binomial name | |
Agave nizandensis Cutak | |
Agave nizandensis is a relatively small member of the genus Agave, in the family Asparagaceae. It is rare species endemic to a small region in the State of Oaxaca in southern Mexico.
Description
Agave nizandensis produces a basal leaf rosette of up to 60 cm (2 foot) in diameter. Leaves are dark green with a pale stripe down the centre, and about 1 foot long and 1 inch wide, ending in blunt red spines at the tips. Edges are slightly jagged. Flowers are yellowish green and grow on a spike of 2-3.3 feet high.[1][2]
Cultivation
Agave nizandensis can be propagated vegetatively or by seed.[3]
References
- ↑ Cutak, Ladislaus. Cactus and Succulent Journal 23: 143. 1951.
- ↑ Gentry, Howard Scott. Agaves of Continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1992.
- ↑ Desert Tropicals, Agave nizandensis.
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