Asparagaceae
Agave

Agave lophantha Schiede

First published in Linnaea 4: 582, 581 (1829)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SW. Texas to NE. & N. Central Mexico. It is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Texas

Introduced into:

Spain

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Eggli, U. (ed.) (2001). Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons: 1-354. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
  • 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:

  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford. [Cited as Agave univittata.]

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • (2019). https://doi.org/10.2436/20.1502.01.2. epublication.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K000267240 No
Pringle, C.G. [2517] Mexico K000267236 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171330 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171332 Yes
Nisson, A.; [Buker]; Drummond, J.R. [s.n.] K000267239 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171331 Yes
Engelmann; Louis, S. [s.n.] K002171334 Yes
{Haworth; Hort. Kew.} [s.n.] Mexico K000267241 No
[H. Riehl.] [s.n.] Mexico K000267238 No
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K002171168 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [157] Mexico K000267237 No
Shaw, H. [s.n.] K002171335 Yes
{Engelmann; Louis, S.; Shaw, H.} [10] K002171336 Yes
Engelmann; st Louis [11] K002171333 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] Agave heteracantha K002171328 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.
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  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
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  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images