Biology:Agave toumeyana

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Short description: Species of flowering plant

Agave toumeyana
Agave toumeyana Jardin des Plantes.jpg
Scientific classification edit
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species:
A. toumeyana
Binomial name
Agave toumeyana
Trel.

Agave toumeyana is a plant species endemic to central Arizona.[2]

The species forms dense clumps of rosettes, rarely more than 50 cm high. Flowering stalks can reach 3 meters, bearing greenish-white flowers.[2][3][4] Plant was named in honor of James W. Toumey.[5]

References

  1. Salywon, A. (2019). "Agave toumeyana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species 2019: e.T115698297A116354563. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T115698297A116354563.en. https://www.iucnredlist.org/species/115698297/116354563. Retrieved 20 November 2021. 
  2. 2.0 2.1 Flora of North America, v 26, p 447.
  3. Trelease, William. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 23: 140. 1920
  4. Gentry, Howard Scott (1998). Agaves of Continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.[ISBN missing]
  5. Thornber, J. J. "The Toumey Cactus Garden." The Plant World 9, no. 12 (1906): 273–77. Accessed April 23, 2020. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43476556

Wikidata ☰ Q391927 entry