Accession Data

Agave guiengola

Family: Asparagaceae

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

Accession Data

USDA Zone: 9b-11

Accession #: 200600035

Accession Date: 2006-04-04 00:00:00

Bloom Status: 🪴 Not Flowering

Location: 2212

Quantity: 1

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."

Classification

Division: Magnoliophyta

Class: Liliopsida

Subclass: monocots

Order: Asparagales

Family: Asparagaceae

SubFamily: Agavoideae

Tribe: Agaveae

References

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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