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Taxon:  Agave americana L. subsp. americana var. americana



Summary
Genus:
Agave
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Agavoideae
Nomen number:
400900
Verified:
02/10/2003 ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0 (0  active, 0  available) in National Plant Germplasm System. 
Other conspecific taxa
Agave americana L. (5 active accession[s])
Agave americana L. subsp. americana (0 active accession[s])
Agave americana L. subsp. americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry (0 active accession[s])
Agave americana L. subsp. americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A. Terracc. (0 active accession[s])
Agave americana L. subsp. protamericana Gentry (0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
No images
Reference(s)
  1. FNA Editorial Committee. Flora of North America. 1993- http://floranorthamerica.org/
  2. Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America. 1982 278.
  3. Lazarides, M. & B. Hince. CSIRO Handbook of Economic Plants of Australia. 1993
  4. McVaugh, R. 1989. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 1983- 15:132.
  5. Rehm, S. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants. 1994
Common names
English
American agave –
century-plant –
French
agave d'Amérique –
pite –
German
amerikanische Agave –
Spanish
maguey –
pita común –
Distribution
order_codeStatusContinentSubcontinentCountryStateNote
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoCoahuilae.
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoNuevo Leon 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoSan Luis Potosi 
1NativeNorthern AmericaNorthern MexicoMexicoTamaulipas 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouth-Central U.S.A.United StatesTexass.
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoQueretaro 
1NativeNorthern AmericaSouthern MexicoMexicoVeracruz 
2Cultivated    also cult.
Native
Northern America
  • NORTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Coahuila (e.), Nuevo Leon, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas]
  • SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.: United States [Texas (s.)]
  • SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Queretaro, Veracruz]
Cultivated (also cult.)
Economic Uses
Environmental
Human food
beverage base (source of pulque fide Agave NAmer) –


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