Accession Data:
Agave americana 'Marginata' L.
- Common Name: Century Plant, Maguey, American Aloe
- Family: Asparagaceae Juss.
- Country of Origin: western Mexico
- Description: Leaves in a basal rosette, to 5 feet long, nearly 10 inches wide, gray, curved or reflexed at tip, margin toothed but not horny; inflorescence paniculate, tall; flowers pale yellow, to 3 5/8 inches long, perianth segments erect, to 1 1/4 inch long, ovary shorter than perianth.
Cultivar 'Marginata' with leaf margins yellowish-white to deep yellow.
Accession Data:
- Accession # 198501161
- Source: Unknown
- Accession Date: 12-31-1985
- Bench: 2211 - XER:Chihuahuan-Tehuacan Deserts
- Currently: active - healthy
- Qty: 2 confirmed on 10-18-2018
Classification:
- Division: Magnoliophyta
- Class: Liliopsida
- SubClass: monocots
- Order: Asparagales
- SubOrder:
- Family: Asparagaceae
- SubFamily: Agavoideae
- Tribe:
- SubTribe:
References (internal):
- EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Arizona / Texas / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest /
References (external):
- Plants For A Future Website
- The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 04, 2017.
- WCSP (2016). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 04, 2017.
data regenerated on Fri, 19 Oct 2018 12:33:09 -0400 [bcm v4.0]
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Subfamily Agavoideae
- Agave americana
- Agave americana 'Marginata'
- Agave cf parryi
- Agave cf stricta
- Agave cf. titanota
- Agave geminiflora W/C
- Agave guiengola W/C
- Agave murpheyi
- Agave nizandensis
- Agave parrasana
- Agave parryi
- Agave polianthiflora
- Agave schidigera
- Agave sisalana
- Agave tequilana
- Agave victoriae-reginae
- Agave victoriae-reginae
- Beschorneria septentrionalis
- Chlorophytum comosum cv.
- Furcraea foetida
- Hosta sieboldiana
- Hosta tsushimensis W/C
- Manfreda maculosa
- Polianthes tuberosa
- Yucca glauca
Subfamily Asparagoideae
- Asparagus africanus
- Asparagus densiflorus 'Sprengeri'
- Asparagus densiflorus 'Meyerii'
- Asparagus setaceus
Subfamily Lomandroideae
Subfamily Nolinoideae
Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Convallarieae
Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Dracaeneae
- Dracaena aubryana
- Dracaena draco
- Dracaena fragrans
- Dracaena reflexa
- Dracaena reflexa var. angustifolia
- Sansevieria aethiopica
- Sansevieria aff. concinna W/C
- Sansevieria concinna
- Sansevieria cylindrica var. patula
- Sansevieria kirkii var pulchra
- Sansevieria masoniana
- Sansevieria parva
- Sansevieria trifasciata
- Sansevieria trifasciata
- Sansevieria unidentified
Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Nolineae
Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Ophiopogoneae
Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Rusceae
Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Hyacintheae
- Leopoldia longipes
- Hyacinthinae: Scilla peruviana
- Massoniinae: Drimiopsis botryoides
- Massoniinae: Drimiopsis maculata
- Massoniinae: Eucomis bicolor
- Massoniinae: Eucomis vandermerwei W/C
- Massoniinae: Lachenalia aloides
- Massoniinae: Lachenalia bulbifera
- Massoniinae: Lachenalia ensifolia
- Massoniinae: Lachenalia rubida
- Massoniinae: Lachenalia unifolia W/C
- Massoniinae: Lachenalia viridiflora
- Massoniinae: Ledebouria socialis
- Massoniinae: Massonia depressa W/C
- Massoniinae: Massonia pygmaea
- Massoniinae: Polyxena sp. W/C
- Massoniinae: Veltheimia bracteata
Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Ornithogaleae
- Albuca bracteata W/C
- Albuca bracteata
- Albuca cf. spiralis
- Albuca concordiana W/C
- Albuca virens W/C
- Dipcadi heterocuspe
- Albuca concordiana W/C
- Ornithogalum graminifolium W/C
- Ornithogalum hispidulum W/C
- Ornithogalum sardienii W/C
- Ornithogalum thyrsoides
Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Urgineeae
- Bowiea volubilis
- Bowiea volubilis ssp. gariepensis
- Bowiea volubilis ssp. gariepensis W/C
- Bowiea volubilis ssp. volubilis
- Drimia haworthioides
- Drimia platyphylla W/C
- Drimia sp. W/C
- Drimia uniflora W/C
- Schizobasis intricata
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