Agave geminiflora (Tagl.) Ker Gawl.
First published in Brand. J. Sci. 3: 3 (1817)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (Nayarit). It is a succulent subshrub and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.
Distribution
Native to:
Mexico Southwest
Synonyms
Homotypic Synonyms
- Littaea geminiflora Tagl. in Bibliot. Ital. (Milan) 1: 106 (1816), nom. cons.
Heterotypic Synonyms
- Agave angustissima Engelm. in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 306 (1875)
- Agave geminiflora var. filamentosa Hook. in Bot. Mag. 82: t. 4950 (1856)
- Agave geminiflora var. filifera A.Terracc. in Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 18 (1885)
- Bonapartea flagelliformis Henckel in Flora 3: 45 (1820)
- Bonapartea juncea Haw. in Syn. Pl. Succ.: 68 (1812), sensu auct.
- Dracaena boscii (Hornem.) Zeyh. in Verz. Gew. Gart. Schwezingen: 69 (1818)
- Dracaena filamentosa Scan. ex Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg. ed. 15[bis]. 7: 729 (1829), pro syn.
- Littaea juncea É.Morren in Ann. Hort. Belge Étrangère 16: 343 (1866)
- Yucca boscii Hornem. in Hort. Bot. Hafn.: 342 (1813), nom. rej.
- Tillandsia juncea Willd. ex Steud. in Nomencl. Bot., ed. 2, 2: 688 (1841), not validly publ.
Publications
POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:
- Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
- Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
An alternative taxonomy had been proposed by the following authorities:
- Hernández-Vera, G., Cházaro Basañez, M. & Flores-Berrios, E. (2007). Inventory and distribution of Agave (Agavaceae) species in Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1: 499-509. [Cited as Agave boscii.]
Kew Backbone Distributions
- Hernández-Vera, G., Cházaro Basañez, M. & Flores-Berrios, E. (2007). Inventory and distribution of Agave (Agavaceae) species in Jalisco, Mexico. Journal of the Botanical Research Institute of Texas 1: 499-509.
Other Data
Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:
| Date | Reference | Identified As | Barcode | Type Status | Has image? |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| K000524808 | Yes |
Sources
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Herbarium Catalogue Specimens
- Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/
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IUCN Categories
- IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
- http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0
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Kew Backbone Distributions
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0
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Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone
- The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2023. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
- © Copyright 2022 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0