Agave macroacantha

Agave macroacantha
Scientific classification
Kingdom:Plantae
Clade:Angiosperms
Clade:Monocots
Order:Asparagales
Family:Asparagaceae
Subfamily:Agavoideae
Genus:Agave
Species: A. macroacantha
Binomial name
Agave macroacantha
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Agave flavescens var. macroacantha (Zuccarini) Jacobi 1864
  • Agave flavescens var. macroacantha (Herbert) Jacobi 1865
  • Agave pugioniformis Zucc. 1832
  • Agave flavescens Salm-Dyck 1834
  • Agave macracantha Herbert 1837 (nom. inval.)
  • Agave besseriana Van Houtte 1868
  • Agave subfalcata Jacobi 1869
  • Agave macrantha Jacobi 1869 (nom. inval)
  • Agave besseriana candida Jacobi 1870 (nom. inval)
  • Agave besseriana longifolia glauca Jacobi 1870 (nom. inval)
  • Agave besseriana longifolia viridis Jacobi 1870 (nom. inval)
  • Agave besseriana hystix hort ex Hooker 1871
  • Agave linearis Jacobi 1871
  • Agave oligophylla Backer 1877
  • Agave sudburyensis Backer 1877
  • Agave paucifolia Backer 1878 (Nom. illeg.)
  • Agave integrifolia Backer 1888
  • Agave macracantha var. integrifolia Trelease 1907
  • Agave macracantha var. planifolia A. Berger 1915
  • Agave pugioniformis Zucc. 1833
  • Agave subfalcata Jacobi 1869

Agave macroacantha, the black-spined agave or large-thorned agave, is a species of succulent flowering plant in the Asparagaceae family naturally occurring in Oaxaca and also near the town of Tehuacan in the State of Puebla, Mexico.[3]

Description

Agave macroacantha produces a medium-sized leaf rosette that can be basal or can grow on a very short stem. Leaves are succulent, greyish green and up to 1.8 feet long at a maximum, ending in sharp black spines that are up to 1.2 inches long at the tips. Flowers are small, grey and red, growing in bunches on sturdy stems of up to 3 m (10 feet) in height.[4]

Cultivation

The plant prefers a dry, sunny and hot location for summer and from early autumn onwards a cooler, well-lit space. It likes regular watering in summer and only minimum watering in winter, and will fare well in a large pot with sparse, gravelly soil.[5][1][6]

In the UK this plant has gained the Royal Horticultural Society’s Award of Garden Merit.[7]

References

  1. 1 2 Cactus Art Nursery, Agave macroacantha viridis
  2. ↑ The Plant List, Agave macroacantha
  3. ↑ Zuccarini, Joseph Gerhard. Nova Acta Physico-medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae Naturae Curiosorum Exhibentia Ephemerides sive Observationes Historias et Experimenta 16(2): 676. 1833.
  4. ↑ Gentry, Howard Scott. Agaves of Continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson, 1992.
  5. ↑ San Marcos Growers, Agave macroacantha
  6. ↑ Jurassic Garden.com: Agave macroacantha, image.
  7. ↑ "RHS Plantfinder - Agave macroacantha". Royal Horticultural Society. 2017. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  • The Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte
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