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Scientific or common name:

Agave utahensis Engelm.


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

Taxon Page:

Name: Agave utahensis Engelm. Taxon selection
Nomencl. ref.: Botany [Fortieth Parallel] 497. 1871 [Sep-Dec 1871] ; vol. 5, United States Geological Expolration [sic] of the Fortieth Parallel, under Clarence King.
Rank: species

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Common names

US name U.S. name: Utah agave
en English name: Clark Mountain agave

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

Synonyms:


Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Agave utahensis Engelm. ssp. kaibabensis (McKelvey) Gentry
2) Agave utahensis Engelm. var. eborispina (Hester) Breitung
3) Agave utahensis Engelm. var. kaibabensis (McKelvey) Breitung
4) Agave utahensis Engelm. var. nevadensis Engelm. ex Greenm. & Roush
5) Agave utahensis Engelm. var. utahensis



TAXONOMY

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


Page counter: 1094 ( AVG: 218.74 / 217.71 )



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Agave utahensis
Agave utahensis
Habit at Calico Hills Sandstone Quarry Calico Tanks trail Red Rocks, Nevada - 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 utahensis
Agave utahensis
Habit at Calico Hills Sandstone Quarry Calico Tanks trail Red Rocks, Nevada - 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 utahensis
Agave utahensis
Flowering habit at Calico Basin, Nevada - 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 utahensis
Agave utahensis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Forio, Fondazione William Walton e La Mortella, NA, Campania, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Agave utahensis
Agave utahensis
Habitat with Pinus monophylla at Calico Hills Sandstone Quarry Red Rocks, Nevada - 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 utahensis
Agave utahensis
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Forio, Fondazione William Walton e La Mortella, NA, Campania, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License

Agave utahensis
Agave utahensis
Habitat with Kim at Calico Hills second pullout Red Rocks, Nevada - 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 utahensis
Agave utahensis
Habit at Childrens Discovery Loop Red Rocks, Nevada - 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 utahensis
Agave utahensis
Rosette at Calico Hills Sandstone Quarry Calico Tanks trail Red Rocks, Nevada - 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 utahensis
Agave utahensis
USDA-NRCS PLANTS Database - Not copyrighted image

Agave utahensis
Agave utahensis
Habit at Childrens Discovery Loop Red Rocks, Nevada - 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 (AZ, CA, NV, UT)

Distributional map for Agave utahensis Engelm.
Map for Agave utahensis Engelm.
(*) 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 utahensis Engelm. ssp. kaibabensis (McKelvey) Gentry [195]
2) Agave utahensis Engelm. var. eborispina (Hester) Breitung [387]
3) Agave utahensis Engelm. var. kaibabensis (McKelvey) Breitung [400]
4) Agave utahensis Engelm. var. utahensis [310]
5) Agave virginica L. [232]
6) Agave x arizonica Gentry & J.Z. Weber (pro sp.) [269]
7) Ageratina altissima (L.) King & H. Rob. [343]
8) Ageratina aromatica (L.) Spach var. aromatica [407]
9) Ageratina luciae-brauniae (Fernald) King & H. Rob. [342]
10) Ageratum altissimum L., non Eupatorium altissimum L. [300]

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