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A. chiapensis. Agave cacozela Trel. - Bahamas (Eleuthera) Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez - Cuba †Agave calodonta A.Berger - extinct Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck – Cantala, Maguey de la India - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras
Agave weberi is a relatively short suckering species, the leafy trunks rarely more than 1 m (3 ft) tall. The leaves, which may be arching or reflexed, [4] can be up to 1.6 m (5.2 ft) long and 18 cm (7 in) across. The flowering stalks can reach a height of 8 m (26 ft). The flowers are yellow, up to 8 cm (3 in) long. [5] [6]
Mangaves resemble compact, symmetrical agaves with succulent leaves. They typically grow to 8–24 in (20–60 cm) high and up to 18 in (50 cm) wide, [7] although some can grow up to 4 ft (120 cm) high and 6 ft (180 cm) wide. [8]
Agave ovatifolia is a representative of the group Parryanae and grows endemic to the Sierra de Lampazos in North Nuevo Leon in Mexico. Plants were first found by nickel (1870) and known as "Agave Noah". William Trelease classified this invalidly described species as a synonym of Agave wislizenii in 1911. Characteristic are the compact, more ...
Agave titanota, the chalk agave, is a species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae. It is a medium-sized evergreen succulent perennial native to Oaxaca , Mexico. [ 3 ] It often reaches 1-2 feet tall and 2-3 feet wide.
All its parts are used from this plant: the fiber, the sap, the flowers, the stem (quiote) [2] and even the fungi and worms that live in it. [3] There are 159 species of maguey all over Mexico, although the most important are Agave americana , A. atrovirens , A. mapisaga and A. salmiana .
Nonetheless, A. parryi is known as one of the most prolific species of Agave, and can be easily propagated by removing the side shoots with a sterile, sharp knife, or by digging-up any rhizomatous plantlets that have grown further away from the main plant. This plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit. [2]
Agave americana, commonly known as the century plant, [5] maguey, or American aloe, [6] is a flowering plant species belonging to the family Asparagaceae. It is native to Mexico and the United States, specifically Texas.