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Agave
virginica
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Monocots
Family
AGAVACEAE
Genus
Agave
Species
Agave
virginica
L.
Common Name
FALSE ALOE; RATTLESNAKEMASTER
Growth Habit
**
C Value
**
Plant Notes
Manfreda is polyphyletic and clearly derived from within the Agave lineage (Heyduk et al. 2016; Flores-Abreu et al. 2019), and thus the species of Manfreda are best placed in Agave.
Status
Native
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Supraordinal
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ASPARAGALES
Family
AGAVACEAE
Genus
Agave
Species
Agave
virginica
L.
- FALSE ALOE; RATTLESNAKEMASTER
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AGAVE VIRGINICA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 323. 1753.
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Type
VIRGINIA: Without data, Clayton 498 (neotype: LINN 443.2). Neotypified by Reveal & C. E. Jarvis, Taxon 58: 977. 2009.
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