Agave univittata
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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
- ^ The Plant List
- ^ a b Gentry, Howard Scott. Agaves of Continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1992.
- ^ a b Flora of North America v 26 p 449.
- ^ 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.