Asparagaceae
Agave

Agave potatorum Zucc.

First published in Flora 15(2 Beibl.): 96 (1832)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is Mexico (S. Puebla to W. Central Veracruz and Central Oaxaca). It is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the seasonally dry tropical biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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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.
  • García-Mendoza, A.J. (2010). Revisión taxonómica del complejo Agave potatorum Zucc. (Agavaceae); nuevos taxa y neotipificación. Acta Botanica Mexicana 91: 71-93. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
  • García-Mendoza, A.J. (2011). Flora del Valle de Tehuacán-Cuicatlán 88: 1-95. Instituto de Biología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • García-Mendoza, A.J. (2010). Revisión taxonómica del complejo Agave potatorum Zucc. (Agavaceae); nuevos taxa y neotipificación. Acta Botanica Mexicana 91: 71-93. Instituto de Ecología A.C.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171478 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171472 Yes
Shaw, H. [36] K002171479 Yes
Shaw, H. [23] United Kingdom K002171480 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171469 Yes
[Hensiguy] [s.n.] K002171474 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171475 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171468 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K001731170 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [s.n.] Mexico K001034101 No
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171471 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171470 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171477 Yes

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
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • 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