Agave sisalana Perrine
ASPARAGACEAE
- Asparagus family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Agave sisalana Perrine
Nomencl. ref.: Trop. Pl.: 87 (8-9, 16, 47, 60, 86) (1838)
Rank: species
Images of Agave sisalana
Common names
U.S.
name:
Sisal hemp
English name: hemp-plant English name: mescal
Italian name: Agave sisalana
German name: Sisalagave
Grown habit: Subshrub, Shrub, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
= Agave rigida Mill. var. sisalana (Perrine) Engelm.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: -
Superdivision: -
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Agave
Species:
Page counter: 2424 ( AVG: 221.14 / 219.791 )
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Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Agave sisalana
Flower stalks at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave sisalana
Flower stalks at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo
Agave sisalana
Fruiting habit at La Perouse, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Agave sisalana
Flowering habit at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave sisalana
Pulled out at East of Captain Brooks Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Enrico Banfi
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Enrico Banfi
Agave sisalana
Flowering habit at Kanaha Beach, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave sisalana
Habit at Sand Island, Midway Atoll - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Agave sisalana
Habit at LaPerouse, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo
Agave sisalana
Fruiting habit mixed with other agave at Rd to Kuheia, Kahoolawe - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave sisalana
Fruiting habit at La Perouse, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Vito Buono - Bari
Agave sisalana
Credit: Photo by Daniela Longo
Agave sisalana
Habit at La Perouse, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave sisalana
Habit at LaPerouse, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (FL, HI), USA+ (PR, VI)
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(*) 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 tequilana F.A.C Weber [1402]
2) Agave tigrina (Engelm.) Cory [303]
3) Agave toumeyana Trel. ex Standl. [342]
4) Agave toumeyana Trel. ex Standl. var. bella Breitung [343]
5) Agave univittata Haw. [355]
6) Agave utahensis Engelm. var. eborispina (Hester) Breitung [389]
7) Agave variegata Jacobi [252]
8) Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck [342]
9) Ageratina altissima (L.) King & H. Rob. var. roanensis (Small) Clewell & Woot. [415]
10) Ageratina luciae-brauniae (Fernald) King & H. Rob. [343]
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