Agave guiengola

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Family: Asparagaceae

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

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USDA Zone: 9b-11

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."
  

      

      
  
      
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Division: Magnoliophyta
        
Class: Liliopsida
        
SubClass: monocots
        
Order: Asparagales
        
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Family: Asparagaceae
        
SubFamily: Agavoideae
        
Tribe: Agaveae
        
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Angiosperm Phylogeny Website at MoBot. Last accessed on Tuesday, 03 December, 2019.
WCSP (2019). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. Facilitated by the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.  Last accessed on Monday, 09 December, 2019.

  
      
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