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Asparagaceae

Subfamily Agavoideae

Subfamily Asparagoideae

Subfamily Lomandroideae

Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Hyacintheae

Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Ornithogaleae

Subfamily Scilloideae
Tribe Urgineeae

W/C = Wild Collected
Agave guiengola Gentry

  • Common Name:
  • Family: Asparagaceae Juss.

  • 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: 2212 - XER:Chihuahuan-Tehuacan Deserts
  • Qty: 1 confirmed on 03-24-2011
Classification:

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