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= Agave angustifolia var. deweyana (Trel.) Gentry
Agaves Cont. N. Amer. 564. 1992
Accepted Scientific Name: Agave angustifolia Haw.
Syn. Pl. Succ. 1: 72. 1812
Origin and Habitat: Cultivated in fiber plantations, mainly in the state of Tamaulipas, but Trelease also lists it from Veracruz.
Synonyms:
- Agave angustifolia var. deweyana (Trel.) Gentry
- Agave deweyana Trel.
- Agave vivipara var. deweyana (Trel.) P.I.Forst.
See all synonyms of Agave angustifolia
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Accepted name in llifle Database:Agave angustifolia Haw.
Syn. Pl. Succ. 1: 72. 1812
Synonymy: 63
- Agave angustifolia Haw.
- Agave aboriginum Trel.
- Agave angustifolia var. deweyana (Trel.) Gentry
- Agave deweyana Trel.
- Agave vivipara var. deweyana (Trel.) P.I.Forst.
- Agave angustifolia var. letonae (F.W.Taylor ex Trel.) Gentry
- Agave letonae Trel.
- Agave vivipara var. letonae (F.W.Taylor ex Trel.) P.I.Forst.
- Agave angustifolia var. marginata hort. ex Gentry
- Agave letonae var. marginata Trel.
- Agave vivipara cv. marginata (hort. ex Gentry) P.I.Forst.
- Agave angustifolia var. nivea (Trel.) Gentry
- Agave nivea Trel.
- Agave vivipara var. nivea (Trel.) P.I.Forst.
- Agave angustifolia var. rubescens (Salm-Dyck) P.I.Forst.
- Agave angustifolia subs. rubescens (Salm-Dyck) Valenz.-Zap. & Nabhan
- Agave rubescens Salm-Dyck
- Agave vivipara var. rubescens (Salm-Dyck) P.I.Forst.
- Agave angustifolia var. sargentii Trel.
- Agave vivipara var. sargentii (Trel.) P.I.Forst.
- Agave angustifolia var. variegata Trel.
- Agave vivipara cv. variegata (Trel.) P.I.Forst.
- Agave bergeri Trel. ex A.Berger
- Agave breedlovei Gentry
- Agave costaricana Gentry
- Agave cuspidata Baker
- Agave donnell-smithii Trel.
- Agave elongata Jacobi
- Agave endlichiana Trel.
- Agave erubescens Ellemeet
- Agave excelsa Jacobi
- Agave ixtli var. excelsa (Jacobi) A.Terracc.
- Agave flavovirens Jacobi
- Agave houlletii Jacobi
- Agave ixtli Karw. ex Salm-Dyck
- Agave ixtlioides Hook.f.
- Agave jacquiniana Schult. & Schult.f.
- Agave lurida var. jacquiniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Ker Gawl. ex Hemsl.
- Agave vera-cruz var. jacquiniana (Schult.) Asch. & Graebner
- Agave kirchneriana A.Berger
- Agave lespinassei Trel.
- Agave lurida Jacq.
- Agave owenii I.M.Johnst.
- Agave pacifica Trel.
- Agave panamana Trel.
- Agave prainiana A.Berger
- Agave prolifera Schott ex Standl.
- Agave punctata Kunth
- Agave rigida Spin
- Agave rigida Mill.
- Furcraea rigida (Mill.) Haw.
- Agave rigida var. elongata Anonymus
- Agave rigida var. longifolia Engelm.
- Agave serrulata Karw.
- Agave sicifolia Trel.
- Agave sobolifera var. serrulata A.Terracc.
- Agave spectabilis Tod.
- Agave theoxmuliana Karw. ex M.Roem.
- Agave vivipara var. woodrowii hort. ex A.Berger
- Agave wightii J.R.Drumm. & Prain
- Agave yaquiana Trel.
- Agave yxtli Karw. ex Don
- Agave zapupe Trel.
Agave angustifolia var. pes-mulae (Trel.) Valenz.-Zap. & Nabhan
Tequila Nat. Cult. Hist. 101. 2003
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Common Names include:
SPANISH (Español): Zapupe verde
SPANISH (Español): Zapupe verde
Description: The plant was named after Lyster H. Dewey, fiber specialist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture early in the century.
Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Agave angustifolia group
- Agave angustifolia Haw.: is a narrow-leaved agave with yellow to green flowers. It exhibits an extensive range of variation from which many cultivated varieties have been derived. Distribution: Mexico, Belize, Costa Rica, Honduras, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Panama. Naturalized in South Africa, Mauritius, Reunion, and Australia.
- Agave angustifolia var. deweyana (Trel.) Gentry: not well marked with various cultivated clones. The type is a narrow leaf 5-6 cm wide, while later collections have wider leaves, 100-115 long and 7-10 cm wide, and more remote teeth. Distribution: cultivated, Victoria, Tamaulipas, Mexico
- Agave angustifolia var. letonae (F.W.Taylor ex Trel.) Gentry: This is a robust, nearly white-leaved plant, developing a broad trunk with several years of leaf cutting. Distribution: cultivated. Guatemala and El Salvador.
Agave angustifolia var. marginata hort. ex Gentry: has broad white marginal strips and a more greyish colour. Distribution: cultivated as an ornamental around the world.
- Agave angustifolia var. nivea (Trel.) Gentry: is a long-leaved, short-stemmed plant, the leaves a dull bluish grey, 130-140 long 9-10 cm wide. Distribution: cultivated. El Rancho, Dept. dc Progreso. Guatemala.
- Agave angustifolia var. rubescens (Salm-Dyck) P.I.Forst.: has narrow, less rigid leaves 80-130 cm long by 3-4 (-5) cm wide. The cartilaginous margin of the leaves is very thin and inconspicuous. The flowers are small. Distribution: Isthmus of Tehuantepec to southern Sonora, mexico.
- Agave angustifolia var. sargentii Trel.: dwarf with trunk ca. 25 cm high with numerous leaves, spreading, straight, greyish green, 25-30 cm long, 2.5-3 wide. Distribution: Puebla, on Puebla-Tlaxcala road, Mexico.
- Agave angustifolia var. variegata Trel.: Is closely allied to var. marginata, but has the marginal white in unusual width and the remainder of the leaf silvery gray or milky. Origin: it has arisen in the botanical garden of the College of Science at Poona, India.
Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber: It is very similar to Agave angustifolia but has larger leaves, thicker stems, heavier inflorescences with larger flowers and shorter tubes. Distribution: Cultivated in Jalisco near Tequila, Mexico.
Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Howard Scott Gentry “Agaves of Continental North America” University of Arizona Press, 01 February 2004
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