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Agave

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Also known as century plant, agaves

Agave (; ; ) is a genus of monocots native to the arid regions of the Americas. The genus is primarily known for its succulent and xerophytic species that typically form large rosettes of strong, fleshy leaves.

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Agave is a genus within the family Asparagaceae, classified under the order Asparagales and class Liliopsida. It belongs to the phylum Tracheophyta and kingdom Plantae. The taxon is accepted and was described by L. The type species for this genus is Agave americana. Common names for the group include Agaven, Agaavet, Ագավի, and リュウゼツラン属. The genus is named after Agave.

Records indicate that Agave is the source of istle. Several Mexican species, notably Agave sisalana, are noted for their use. Occurrence data is associated with institutions such as CICY, INECOL, UACH, GH, and IBUNAM, primarily in Mexico. The taxon has been described in sources including the Brockhaus and Efron Encyclopedic Dictionary and the Encyclopædia Britannica 11th edition.

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Species

Agave

GENUS

  1. KingdomPlantae
  2. PhylumTracheophyta
  3. ClassLiliopsida
  4. OrderAsparagales
  5. FamilyAsparagaceae
Native toArizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, California, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida
Observations recorded148,221

龍舌蘭属（学名：Agave），又名龍舌掌、番麻、萬年蘭、百年草，一般直接稱為龍舌蘭，屬於天門冬科龍舌蘭亞科龍舌蘭屬的多年生常綠灌木，原產於北美洲，其中在墨西哥有最多的種類，適於溫暖氣候，莖非常短，它的葉子又寬又長，是龍舌蘭最引人注意的部分；成長約十年成熟後開花，外觀類似蘆薈但兩者並不相近（兩者皆是天門冬目，然而後者分類為蘆薈科）。

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Museum specimens

Specimen records
1,881
With media
1,496
Family
Asparagaceae
Collections
CICY, INECOL, UACH, GH, IBUNAM, ECOSUR
Recorded in
Mexico
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Research

1,414 papers

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Encyclopedic overview

18 sections
Contents
  • Nomenclature
  • Description
  • Adaptations
  • Taxonomy
  • Commonly grown species
  • ''A. americana''
  • ''A. attenuata''
  • ''A. tequilana''
  • Ecology
  • Toxicity
  • Uses
  • Food and fiber
  • Beverages and tequila
  • Research
  • Gallery of species and cultivars
  • Notes
  • References
  • External links

Agave (; ; ) is a genus of monocots native to the arid regions of the Americas. The genus is primarily known for its succulent and xerophytic species that typically form large rosettes of strong, fleshy leaves.

Many plants in this genus may be considered perennial, because they require several to many years to mature and flower. However, most Agave species are more accurately described as monocarpic rosettes or multiannuals, since each individual rosette flowers only once and then dies; a small number of Agave species are polycarpic.

Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Agave” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.

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