Asparagaceae
Agave

Agave palmeri Engelm.

First published in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 319 (1875)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Arizona to SW. New Mexico and N. Mexico (Sonora, NW. Chihuahua). It is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, New Mexico

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
  • 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.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Klopper, R.R., Smith, G.F., Figueiredo, E. & Crouch, N.R. (2010). Notes on Agave palmeri Engelm. (Agavaceae) and its allies in the Ditepalae. Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 28: 53-66.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Klopper, R.R., Smith, G.F., Figueiredo, E. & Crouch, N.R. (2010). Notes on Agave palmeri Engelm. (Agavaceae) and its allies in the Ditepalae. Bradleya. Yearbook of the British Cactus and Succulent Society 28: 53-66.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Rose, J.N. [1200] Mexico K000926451 No
Nelson, E.W. [6469] Mexico K001276023 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0

  • 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.
    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • 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