Biology:Agave × leopoldii

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Short description: Nothospecies of plant in the genus Agave


Agave × leopoldii
Agave leopoldii 1.jpg
At the Springs Preserve gardens in Las Vegas
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species:
A. × leopoldii
Binomial name
Agave × leopoldii
W.Watson
Synonyms[1]
  • Agave × disceptata J.R.Drumm.
  • non Agave leopoldii Rafarin

Agave × leopoldii is a hybrid species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae.[1] It is the result of a cross between Agave filifera and Agave schidigera, conducted in the 1870s by W.B. Kellock in Stamford Hill, London, and does not strongly resemble either parent.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[3]

References

  1. 1.0 1.1 "Agave × leopoldii W.Watson". Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77217128-1. 
  2. Figueiredo, Estrela; Smith, Gideon F. (2013). "(2199) Proposal to conserve the name Agave ×leopoldii W. Watson against A. leopoldii Rafarin (Agavaceae/Asparagaceae)". Taxon 62 (5): 1061. doi:10.12705/625.28. 
  3. "Agave leopoldii". The Royal Horticultural Society. 2021. https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/258727/i-Agave-leopoldii-i/Details. 

Wikidata ☰ Q25399424 entry