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Agave univittata, the thorn-crested century plant or thorn-crested agave, [3] is a plant species native to coastal areas of southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, at elevations less than 100 m (300 feet).
Boophone disticha is a bulbous tropical and subtropical flowering plant, endemic to Africa.Commonly called the century plant [4] or tumbleweed, [3] Boophone disticha was first collected in 1781 from South Africa by Swedish botanist Carl Peter Thunberg and described by Carl Linnaeus as Amaryllis disticha. [2]
In 1936, when Harvard invited the public to tour the campus in honor of its tercentenary, a New York Times reporter taking the tour commented "Tercentenary or no, the chief focus of interest remains the famous glass flowers, the first of which was put on exhibition in 1893, and which with additions at intervals since, have never failed to draw ...
The common name of century plant suggests the plant will live 100 years before flowering. In reality, outdoor plants typically bloom between the 10th and 25th years while indoor plants rarely flower.
Agave americana L. – American Agave, American Century Plant, Century Plant, Maguey americano - Arizona, Texas, Mexico; naturalized in parts of Africa, Eurasia, Australia, South America various islands; Agave amica (Medik.) Thiede & Govaerts – Mexico; Agave andreae Sahagún & A.Vázquez – Mexico (Michoacán) Agave angustiarum Trel. - Mexico
Arnold Arboretum in 1921. The Arboretum was founded in 1872, when the President and Fellows of Harvard College became trustees of a portion of the estate of James Arnold (1781–1868), a whaling merchant from New Bedford, Massachusetts.
The Botany libraries and various herbaria are located in the Harvard University Herbaria building. The Botany Libraries collectively are a founding member of the Biodiversity Heritage Library . The Ware Collection of Glass Models of Plants, popularly known as the " Glass Flowers ," are considered one of the University's great treasures.
Ernest Henry "Chinese" [1] Wilson (15 February 1876 – 15 October 1930), better known as E. H. Wilson, was a British plant collector and explorer who introduced a large range of about 2,000 Asian plant species to the West; some sixty bear his name.