Plants of USA and Canada

Scientific or common name:

Agave lophantha Schiede


ASPARAGACEAE Family selection - Asparagus family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

Taxon Page:

Name: Agave lophantha Schiede Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Linnaea 4: 582. 1829
Rank: species
See: ► Agave univittata Haw.

pictures Images of Agave lophantha


Common names

US name U.S. name: McKelvey's century plant
en English name: lechuguilla
English name: thorn-crest agave
German name: Tula-Ixtle

Grown habit: Forb/herb, Shrub, Subshrub
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Agave univittata Haw.
= Agave heteracantha Zucc.
= Agave mckelveyana Gentry, nom. nud.


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Agave lophantha Schiede var. poselgeri (Salm-Dyck) A. Berger



TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: -
Superdivision: -
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Agave
Species:


Page counter: 214 ( AVG: 222.08 / 88.05 )



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Agave lophantha
Agave lophantha
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Meise, Nationale Plantentuin van België, Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Brabant, Belgique/België, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Agave lophantha
Agave lophantha
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Agave lophantha
Agave lophantha
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Agave lophantha
Agave lophantha
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Agave lophantha
Agave lophantha
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Meise, Nationale Plantentuin van België, Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Brabant, Belgique/België, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Agave lophantha
Agave lophantha
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Agave lophantha
Agave lophantha
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Padova, Orto botanico dell'Università di Padova, PD, Veneto, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Agave lophantha
Agave lophantha
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Meise, Nationale Plantentuin van België, Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Brabant, Belgique/België, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License


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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, TX)

Distributional map for Agave lophantha Schiede
Map for Agave lophantha Schiede
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA



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More species:
1) Agave lophantha Schiede var. poselgeri (Salm-Dyck) A. Berger [168]
2) Agave maculata Engelm. ex Torr., non Regel [146]
3) Agave maculosa Hook. [178]
4) Agave mckelveyana Gentry, nom. nud. [138]
5) Agave palmeri Engelm. var. chrysantha (Peebles) Little ex L.D. Benson [170]
6) Agave parviflora Torr. [740]
7) Agave scabra Salm-Dyck [189]
8) Agave tigrina (Engelm.) Cory [307]
9) Agave utahensis Engelm. ssp. kaibabensis (McKelvey) Gentry [200]
10) Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck [347]

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