Agave - Wikipedia
In the APG II system, Agave was placed in the segregated family Agavaceae. [14] When this system was superseded by the APG III system in 2009, the Agavaceae were subsumed into the expanded family Asparagaceae, and Agave was treated as one of 18 genera in the subfamily Agavoideae, [15] a position retained in the APG IV system of 2016. [16]
AGAVACEAE (Agave Family) - The California Biologist's Handbook
2020年5月2日 · Agavaceae includes approximately 400 species, largely in the deserts of North, Central, and South America. The most significant genuses in the family are Agave and Yucca: Agave includes 38 species in the United States and about 200 species elsewhere, and Yucca includes 30 species in the United States and over 45 in Mexico and South America.
Agavaceae - Simple English Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Agavaceae is a family of plants. Many of these plants grow in dry, hot climates. Some grow in the desert. Well-known plants of this family are the agave, yucca, and Joshua tree. The family includes about 550-600 species in around 18 genera. It is widespread in the tropical, subtropical and warm temperate regions of the world.
Agavoideae - Wikipedia
It has previously been treated as a separate family, Agavaceae. [1] The group includes many well-known desert and dry-zone types, such as the agaves and yuccas (including the Joshua tree). About 640 species are placed in around 23 genera; [2] they are widespread in the tropical, subtropical, and warm temperate regions of the world.
Agave | Definition, Uses, & Facts | Britannica
2024年11月12日 · agave, (genus Agave), genus of the some 200 species of the family Asparagaceae (formerly Agavaceae), native to arid and semiarid regions of the Americas, particularly Mexico, and the Caribbean.
Agavaceae, Agave or Century Plant Family, Southwest Desert Flora
In North America, the Agavaceae, Mescal, Century Plant or Lechuguilla (small plants) family contain 10 genera and more than 100 accepted taxa. Among the most notable genera in the southwestern United States are Agave , Dasylirion , Hesperaloe , Hesperoyucca and Yucca .
List of Agave species - Wikipedia
A. chiapensis. Agave cacozela Trel. - Bahamas (Eleuthera) Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez - Cuba †Agave calodonta A.Berger - extinct Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck – Cantala, Maguey de la India - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras; Agave capensis Gentry - Baja California Sur = Agave aurea var. capensis; Agave caribaeicola Trel. - Lesser Antilles
Agavoideae | Succulent, Monocotyledon, Asparagaceae - Britannica
Though formerly treated as its own family (Agavaceae), Agavoideae has been recategorized as a subfamily by the Angiosperm Phylogeny Group III (APG III) botanical classification system. Members of the subfamily have narrow lance-shaped, sometimes fleshy or toothed leaves that are clustered at the base of each plant .
Agavaceae - Pacific Bulb Society
Plants in the Agavaceae or the Agave family have narrow and often thick or fleshy leaves sometimes with prickly teeth on the margins which are usually clustered near the base of the stem. Several genera within Agavaceae grow from rhizomes.
Family: Agavaceae - Ornamental Plant Information from …
The Agave Family: This family consists of about 23 genera with around 640 species of plants. Most of them are short-stemmed and are often woody plants found in tropical, subtropical and even temperate zones of the world. The leaves of many plants are narrow and lance-shaped with fleshy teeth along the margins.