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Taxon:
Agave americana
L. subsp.
americana
var.
expansa
(Jacobi) Gentry
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Agave
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Agavoideae
Nomen number:
100786
Place of publication:
Agric. Handb. 399:80. 1972
Verified:
02/10/2003
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Agave americana
L.
(0 active accession[s])
Agave americana
L. subsp.
americana
(0 active accession[s])
Agave americana
L. subsp.
americana
var.
americana
(0 active accession[s])
Agave americana
L. subsp.
americana
var.
picta
(Salm-Dyck) A. Terracc.
(0 active accession[s])
Agave americana
L. subsp.
protamericana
Gentry
(0 active accession[s])
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
Basionym
Agave expansa
Jacobi
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Reference(s)
FNA Editorial Committee.
1993-. Flora of North America.
URL:
http://floranorthamerica.org/
Gentry, H. S.
1972. The agave family in Sonora. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 399:80-84.
Gentry, H. S.
1982. Agaves of continental North America 283.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
McVaugh, R.
1989. Bromeliaceae to Dioscoreaceae. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 15:132.
Common names
English
spreading century-plant –
Reference(s)
Distribution
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Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
2
Cultivated
Northern America
Mexico
2
Cultivated
Northern America
Southwestern U.S.A.
United States
Arizona
Cultivated
Northern America
SOUTHWESTERN U.S.A.:
United States
[Arizona]
REGION:
Mexico
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Human food
beverage base
used to prepare pulque
McVaugh, R.
1989. Bromeliaceae to Dioscoreaceae. Flora Novo-Galiciana. 15:132.
Name
References