Agave shrevei

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Agave shrevei
Agave shrevei subsp. shrevei
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Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species:
A. shrevei
Binomial name
Agave shrevei
Subspecies
  • Agave shrevei subsp. matapensis Gentry
  • Agave shrevei subsp. magna Gentry

Agave shrevei is a member of the family Asparagaceae, indigenous to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico, along the boundary between the states of Chihuahua and Sonora.[2][3][4] Two subspecies are currently recognized, although a third has been proposed (A. shrevei subsp. magna H.S. Gentry).[5]

Agave shrevei subsp. matapensis grows as an open basal rosette of 0.7-0.8 inch long, 0.2-0.3 inch wide leaves bearing distinct compaction marks, fringed in small pale spines and tipped with particularly long apical needles with bases of up to 0.4 inches wide. Has small pale yellow flowers.

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