Agave univittata

Agave univittata
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species: A. univittata
Binomial name
Agave univittata
Haw.
Synonyms[1]
  • Agave caerulescens Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi
  • Agave heteracantha Zucc.
  • Agave heteracantha var. univittata (Haw.) A. Terracc.
  • Agave lophantha Schiede ex Kunth
  • Agave lophantha var. angustifolia A.Berger
  • Agave lophantha var. brevifolia Jacobi
  • Agave lophantha f. caerulescens (Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi) Voss
  • Agave lophantha var. caerulescens (Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi) Jacobi
  • Agave lophantha var. gracilior Jacobi
  • Agave lophantha var. pallida A.Berger
  • Agave lophantha var. poselgeri A.Berger
  • Agave lophantha var. subcanescens Jacobi
  • Agave univittata var. angustifolia (A.Berger) Jacobson
  • Agave univittata var. brevifolia Jacobi) Jacobson
  • Agave univittata var. caerulescens (Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi) H.Jacobsen
  • Agave univittata var. gracilior (Jacobi) Jacobson
  • Agave univittata var. heteracantha (Zucc.) Breitung
  • Agave univittata var. subcanescens (Jacobi) Jacobson
  • Agave vittata Regel

Agave univittata, the thorn-crested century plant, is a plant species native coastal areas southern Texas and northeastern Mexico, at elevations less than 100 m (300 feet). It is often mistakenly called Agave lophantha,[2] but the name A. univittata is older and therefore more in accord with nomenclatural rules of botany.[3][4]

Agave univittata has thick, fleshy leaves that are stiff and undulate (wavy) along the margins. It has sharp and prominent spines on the edges and tips of the leaves. Flowering stalk is up to 5 m (16 feet) tall, bearing greenish-white to yellow-ish green flowers.[3][2]


References

  1. ↑ The Plant List
  2. 1 2 Gentry, Howard Scott. Agaves of Continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1992.
  3. 1 2 Flora of North America v 26 p 449.
  4. ↑ McNeill, J.; Barrie, F.R.; Buck, W.R.; Demoulin, V.; Greuter, W.; Hawksworth, D.L.; Herendeen, P.S.; Knapp, S.; Marhold, K.; Prado, J.; Prud'homme Van Reine, W.F.; Smith, G.F.; Wiersema, J.H.; Turland, N.J. (2012). International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code) adopted by the Eighteenth International Botanical Congress Melbourne, Australia, July 2011. Regnum Vegetabile 154. A.R.G. Gantner Verlag KG. ISBN 978-3-87429-425-6.
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