Agave salmiana
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| Agave salmiana | |
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| A. salmiana var. ferox | |
Scientific classification  |
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| clade: | Angiosperms |
| clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Agave |
| Species: | A. salmiana |
| Binomial name | |
| Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck[1] |
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Agave salmiana is a species of agave. It comes from Mexico.
The variety A. salmiana var. ferox (K.Koch) Gentry[1] is often encountered in cultivation. The epithet ferox is due to the hard and long (up to 8 cm) spines.
[edit] References
- ^ a b World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, http://apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do, retrieved 2011-09-26, search for "Agave salmiana"
- Howard Scott Gentry, Agaves of Continental North America (University of Arizona Press, 1982) pp. 183-185
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