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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 01-16-2019

Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Asparagaceae
  • SubFamily: Agavoideae
  • Tribe:
  • SubTribe:

References (internal):

  • Bat Pollinated (chiropterophily)
  • EEB Greenhouse Holdings native to: Arizona / Texas / Mexico Central / Mexico Northeast / Mexico Gulf / Mexico Northwest / Mexico Southwest /

References (external):

  1. Plants For A Future Website
  2. The Plant List (2013). Version 1.1. Last accessed on Wednesday, January 04, 2017.
  3. 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 Mon, 18 Feb 2019 12:03:29 -0500 [bcm v4.0]

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Current Accessions in the Asparagaceae

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 densiflorus 'Sprengeri'
  • Asparagus densiflorus 'Meyerii'
  • Asparagus setaceus

Subfamily Lomandroideae

  • Arthropodium candidum
  • Cordyline fruticosa
  • Eustrephus latifolius
  • Lomandra longifolia

Subfamily Nolinoideae

  • Eriospermum cf. dregei
  • Eriospermum cooperi W/C
  • Eriospermum corymbosum W/C
  • Eriospermum paradoxum

Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Convallarieae

  • Aspidistra elatior
  • Reineckea carnea

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

  • Beaucarnea recurvata
  • Calibanus hookeri
  • Dasylirion longissimum

Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Ophiopogoneae

  • Liriope muscari 'Variegata'
  • Ophiopogon jaburan Argenteo-marginatus
  • Ophiopogon japonicus

Subfamily Nolinoideae
Tribe Rusceae

  • Ruscus aculeatus
  • Ruscus hypoglossum
  • Semele androgyna

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 tortuosa
  • Albuca virens W/C
  • Dipcadi heterocuspe
  • Ornithogalum adseptentrionesvergentulum
  • 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
W/C = Wild Collected
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