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Agave
americana
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Monocots
Family
AGAVACEAE
Genus
Agave
Species
Agave
americana
L.
Common Name
AMERICAN CENTURY PLANT
Growth Habit
**
C Value
**
Plant Notes
**
Status
Not Native
UPL (NWPL)
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ASPARAGALES
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AGAVACEAE
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Agave
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Agave
americana
L.
- AMERICAN CENTURY PLANT
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Citation
Citation
AGAVE AMERICANA Linnaeus, Sp. Pl. 323. 1753.
Basionym
**
Type
Without data (lectotype: LINN 443.1). Lectotypified by Gentry, Agaves Cont. N. Amer. 278. 1982.
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Agave americana
- Allen Boatman
Agave americana
- Allen Boatman
Agave americana
- Alan R. Franck
Agave americana
- Alan R. Franck
Agave americana
- Alan R. Franck