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Agavaceae

Agave guiengola Gentry

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  • Common Name:
  • Family: Agavaceae Endl.

  • Country of Origin: Mexico (Oaxaca: Cierro Guiengola), up to 3500 feet elevation
  • Habitat:

  • USDA Zone: 9b-11
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Accession Data:

  • Accession # 200600035
  • Source: Rob Nicholson - Smith College#440-98
  • Provenance: Smith# 440-98 - wild collected
    collected by Rob Nicholson
    "collected at the ruins on top of Cerro Gingola, site of Zapotec resistance to Aztec invaders. Growing out of the side of pyramid. rare endemic agave."
  • Accession Date: 04-04-2006
  • Bench: 1308 - Agavaceae
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-01-2008
Classification:

  • Division: Magnoliophyta
  • Class: Liliopsida
  • SubClass: monocots
  • Order: Asparagales
  • SubOrder:
  • Family: Agavaceae
  • SubFamily:
  • Tribe:
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