Agave decipiens
Species of flowering plant
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Agave decipiens, common names false Sisal or Florida agave, is a plant species endemic to coastal Florida in the United States.
| Agave decipiens | |
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| Growing on shell midden in coastal Manatee County, FL | |
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Agave |
| Species: | A. decipiens |
| Binomial name | |
| Agave decipiens | |
| Synonyms[2] | |
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Agave laxifolia J.G.Baker | |
Description
Agave decipiens is an arborescent (tree-like) species with a trunk up to 4 m tall,[disputed – discuss][citation needed] frequently producing suckers (vegetative offshoots). Leaves are frequently 100 cm long, though some of twice that length have been recorded. Leaves have wavy margins with teeth. Flowering stalks are up to 5 m tall, with a large panicle of greenish-yellow flowers. Fruit is a dry capsule up to 5 cm long.[3][4][page needed][5][6][page needed]
Taxonomy
Some authors have suggested that material from Central America and from the Yucatán Peninsula in Mexico might be of the same species as A. decipiens.[7] Gentry[4] and Zona,[8] however, discounted this possibility, regarding this non-Floridian material as A. vivipara (= A. angustifolia)