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Taxon:
Agave fourcroydes
Lem.
Nomenclature
Common Names
Distribution
Economic Uses
Summary
Genus:
Agave
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Agavoideae
Nomen number:
5436
Place of publication:
Ill. Hort. 11(Misc.):65. 1864
Verified:
02/26/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Accessions:
0
(
0
active,
0
available)
in National Plant Germplasm System.
Other conspecific taxa
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Reference(s)
Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson.
2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)
www.skud.info
Davidse, G. et al., eds.
1994. Flora mesoamericana.
Erhardt, W. et al.
2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen
Euro+Med Editorial Committee.
Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
URL:
http://www.emplantbase.org/home.html
Food and Agriculture Organization of the United Nations (FAO).
2010. Ecocrop (on-line resource).
URL:
http://ecocrop.fao.org/ecocrop/srv/en/cropListDetails?code=&relation=beginsWith&name=Agave+fourcroydes&quantity=1
Gentry, H. S.
1972. The agave family in Sonora. U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 399:138.
Gentry, H. S.
1982. Agaves of continental North America 573, 575-576.
Hansen, A. & P. Sunding.
1993. Flora of Macaronesia: checklist of vascular plants, ed. 4. Sommerfeltia vol. 17.
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium.
1976. Hortus third.
Rehm, S.
1994. Multilingual dictionary of agronomic plants
1961. Webster's third new international dictionary.
Common names
English
Mexican sisal –
Reference(s)
sisal-hemp –
Reference(s)
white henequen –
Reference(s)
Yucatan sisal –
Reference(s)
French
henequen –
Reference(s)
sisal blanc –
Reference(s)
German
Weibersisal –
Reference(s)
Spanish
sisal blanco –
Reference(s)
Swedish
henequenagave –
Reference(s)
Distribution
Exportable format
order_code
Status
Continent
Subcontinent
Country
State
Note
1
Native
Northern America
Southern Mexico
Mexico
Yucatán
2
Cultivated
also cult.
4
Naturalized
Africa
Macaronesia
Spain
Canary Islands
Native
Northern America
SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico
[Yucatán]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
MACARONESIA:
Spain
[Canary Islands]
Economic Uses
Usage
Type
Note
Reference
Materials
fiber
one of the main sources of sisal fide Gentry 1982
Gentry, H. S.
1982. Agaves of continental North America 573, 575-576.
Name
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