Asparagaceae
Agave

Agave × pumila De Smet ex Baker

First published in Handb. Amaryll.: 197 (1888)
This hybrid is accepted
The native range of this hybrid is Mexico (Coahuila). It is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome. The hybrid formula is A. asperrima × A. nickelsiae.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Northeast

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.
  • González-Elizondo, M.S., González-Elizondo, M., López-Enríquez, I.L., Reséndiz-Rojas, L., Tena-Flores, J.A. & Retana-Retería, F.I. (2011). El complejo Agave victoriae-reginae (Agavaceae). Acta Botanica Mexicana 95: 65-04. Instituto de Ecología A.C.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • González-Elizondo, M.S., González-Elizondo, M., López-Enríquez, I.L., Reséndiz-Rojas, L., Tena-Flores, J.A. & Retana-Retería, F.I. (2011). El complejo Agave victoriae-reginae (Agavaceae). Acta Botanica Mexicana 95: 65-04. Instituto de Ecología A.C.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Sources

  • 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