Asparagaceae
Agave

Agave parryi Engelm.

First published in Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 311 (1875)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is SE. Arizona to Texas and N. & W. Mexico. It is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest, New Mexico, Texas

Synonyms

Homotypic Synonyms

Accepted Infraspecifics

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.
  • 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.
  • 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.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • 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.
  • 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?
Townsend, C.H.T.; Barber, C.M. [73] Mexico K001276013 No
K:SPC-22047.000 No
Nelson, E.W. [6010] Mexico K001276024 No
United States K:SPC-18879.000 No

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

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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

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