Scientific or common name:

Agave lata Shinners

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AGAVACEAE - Century-plant family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Agave lata Shinners
Nomencl. ref.: Field & Lab. 19: 171. 1951
Rank: species
See: ► Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose

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Common names

U.S. name: False aloe

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Grown habit: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose
= Agave tigrina (Engelm.) Cory
= Agave virginica L.
= Allibertia intermedia Marion
= Manfreda tigrina (Engelm.) Small
= Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose var. tigrina (Engelm.) Rose
= Polianthes lata (Shinners) Shinners
= Polianthes virginica (L.) Shinners

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Agavaceae
Genus: Agave
Species:

1) Agave lata Shinners

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Page counter: 142 ( AVG: 223.09 / 88.192 )

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)


Map for Agave lata Shinners
(*) 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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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Liliopsida (Monocotyledons) 2) Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)

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Families
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1) Acoraceae (Calamus family) 2) Agavaceae (Century-plant family) 3) Alismataceae (Water-plantain family) 4) Aloaceae (Aloe family) 5) Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family.) 6) Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family) 7) Araceae (Arum family) 8) Arecaceae (Palm family) 9) Asparagaceae (Asparagus family) 10) Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) 11) Bromeliaceae (Bromeliad family) 12) Burmanniaceae (Burmannia family) 13) Butomaceae (Flowering Rush family) 14) Cannaceae (Canna family) 15) Colchicaceae 16) Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family) 17) Costaceae (Costus family) 18) Cyclanthaceae (Panama Hat family) 19) Cymodoceaceae (Manatee-grass family) 20) Cyperaceae (Sedge family) 21) Dioscoreaceae (Yam family) 22) Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family) 23) Flagellariaceae (Flagellaria family) 24) Haemodoraceae (Bloodwort family) 25) Hanguanaceae (Hanguana family) 26) Heliconiaceae (Heliconia family) 27) Hydrocharitaceae (Tape-grass family) 28) Iridaceae (Iris family) 29) Joinvilleaceae (Joinvillea family) 30) Juncaceae (Rush family) 31) Juncaginaceae (Arrow-grass family) 32) Lemnaceae (Duckweed family) 33) Liliaceae (Lily family) 34) Limnocharitaceae (Water-poppy family) 35) Marantaceae (Prayer-Plant family) 36) Mayacaceae (Mayaca family) 37) Melanthiaceae (Bunchflower family) 38) Musaceae (Banana family) 39) Najadaceae (Water-nymph family) 40) Orchidaceae (Orchid family) 41) Pandanaceae (Screw-pine family) 42) Philydraceae (Philydraceae family) 43) Poaceae (Grass family) 44) Pontederiaceae (Water-Hyacinth family) 45) Posidoniaceae (Posidonia family) 46) Potamogetonaceae (Pondweed family) 47) Ruppiaceae (Ditch-grass family) 48) Scheuchzeriaceae (Scheuchzeria family) 49) Smilacaceae (Catbrier family) 50) Stemonaceae (Stemona family) 51) Strelitziaceae (Bird of Paradise Flower fam) 52) Taccaceae (Tacca family) 53) Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia family) 54) Triuridaceae (Triurus family) 55) Typhaceae (Cat-tail family) 56) Xyridaceae (Yellow-eyed Grass family) 57) Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) 58) Zosteraceae (Eel-grass family)

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Genera (Agavaceae)
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1) Allibertia (tuberose) 2) Clistoyucca (yucca) 3) Cordyline (sansevieria) 4) Dracaena 5) Furcraea 6) Hesperaloe (false yucca) 7) Hesperoyucca 8) Manfreda (tuberose) 9) Phormium 10) Polianthes 11) Runyonia (tuberose) 12) Samuela (yucca) 13) Sansevieria

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Common names (Agave)
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1) (no name)

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More species:
1) Agave lechuguilla Torr. [812]
2) Agave lophantha Schiede [216]
3) Agave lophantha Schiede var. poselgeri (Salm-Dyck) A. Berger [170]
4) Agave maculosa Hook. [179]
5) Agave mckelveyana Gentry, nom. nud. [140]
6) Agave parryi Engelm. [598]
7) Agave rigida Mill. [318]
8) Agave sisalana Perrine [2430]
9) Agave univittata Haw. [361]
10) Agave weberi Cels ex Poisson [394]

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