View source for Agave asperrima var. asperrima

{{Treatment/ID
|accepted_name=Agave asperrima var. asperrima
|accepted_authority=
|publications=
|common_names=Rough agave;maguey cenizo
|basionyms=
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Agave caeciliana
|authority=A. Berger
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Agavaceae;Agave;Agave asperrima;Agave asperrima var. asperrima
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Agavaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Agave]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Agave asperrima]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Agave asperrima var. asperrima]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 452
}}<!--

--><span class="statement" id="st-d0_s0" data-properties="whole_organism architecture;whole_organism growth form;whole_organism growth form"><b>Plants </b>acaulescent, frequently suckering;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s1" data-properties="rosette growth form;rosette length;rosette width">rosettes not cespitose, 7–10 × 15–20 dm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s2" data-properties="leaf orientation;leaf orientation;leaf length;leaf width"><b>Leaves </b>spreading to recurved and mostly reflexed, 60–110 × 12–18 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s3" data-properties="blade coloration;blade shape;blade pubescence or relief;blade texture;blade shape;blade shape">blade light green to grayish, without budprints, lanceolate, scabrous, rigid, adaxially plane and deeply guttered from mid-blade to base, abaxially convex;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s4" data-properties="margin course;margin shape;tooth quantity;tooth orientation;tooth some measurement;tooth some measurement;tooth arrangement">margins straight, toothed, teeth single, usually deflexed along lower leaf edge, 8–15 mm, 1 cm apart;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s5" data-properties="apical spine coloration;apical spine shape;apical spine some measurement">apical spine dark-brown to blackish, subulate to acicular, 3–6 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s6" data-properties="scape some measurement"><b>Scape </b>4–7 m.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s7" data-properties="inflorescence arrangement;inflorescence architecture"><b>Inflorescences </b>paniculate, not bulbiferous;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s8" data-properties="bract duration;bract shape;bract some measurement">bracts persistent, triangular, 3–10 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s9" data-properties="lateral branch quantity;lateral branch orientation;lateral branch some measurement;inflorescence position or shape;inflorescence quantity">lateral branches 8–14, slightly ascending, comprising distal 1/3 of inflorescence, longer than 10 cm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s10" data-properties="flower quantity;flower orientation;flower some measurement"><b>Flowers </b>14–18 per cluster, erect, 6–8 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s11" data-properties="perianth coloration;tube shape;tube length;tube width;limb lobe orientation;limb lobe size;limb lobe some measurement">perianth yellow, tube cylindric, 13–18 × 14–16 mm, limb lobes erect, subequal, 18–26 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s12" data-properties="stamen position">stamens long-exserted;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s13" data-properties="filament position;filament orientation;filament coloration;filament some measurement">filaments inserted just above mid perianth-tube, erect, yellow, 5–6.5 cm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s14" data-properties="anther coloration;anther some measurement">anthers yellow, 24–30 mm;</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s15" data-properties="ovary some measurement;neck size;neck some measurement">ovary 3–4 cm, neck constricted, 4–6 mm.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s16" data-properties="capsule architecture;capsule shape;capsule some measurement;apex architecture or shape"><b>Capsules </b>short-pedicellate, oblong, 4–5 cm, apex beaked.</span> <span class="statement" id="st-d0_s17" data-properties="seed some measurement;2n chromosome quantity"><b>Seeds </b>6–7 mm. <b>2n</b> = 174.</span><!--

-->{{Treatment/Body
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Sandy to gravelly, often calcareous places in desert scrub
|elevation=500–1500(–1900) m
|distribution=Tex.;n Mexico
|discussion=<p>M. S. Cave (1964) reported chromosome counts of n = 74–93; H. S. Gentry (1982) stated that only one of Cave’s counts applied to var. asperrima and he gave it as n = 87.</p>
|tables=
|references=
}}<!--

--><!--

-->{{#Taxon:
name=Agave asperrima var. asperrima
|authority=
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Agave caeciliana
|basionyms=
|family=Agavaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–summer.
|habitat=Sandy to gravelly, often calcareous places in desert scrub
|elevation=500–1500(–1900) m
|distribution=Tex.;n Mexico
|reference=None
|publication title=
|publication year=
|special status=
|source xml=https://bibilujan@bitbucket.org/aafc-mbb/fna-fine-grained-xml.git/src/84153f6d59a0a91d69695978a64cee7560374f8e/V26/V26_937.xml
|genus=Agave
|species=Agave asperrima
|variety=Agave asperrima var. asperrima
|2n chromosome quantity=174
|anther coloration=yellow
|anther some measurement=24mm;30mm
|apex architecture or shape=beaked
|apical spine coloration=dark-brown;blackish
|apical spine shape=subulate;acicular
|apical spine some measurement=3cm;6cm
|blade coloration=light green;grayish
|blade pubescence or relief=scabrous
|blade shape=convex;plane;lanceolate
|blade texture=rigid
|bract duration=persistent
|bract shape=triangular
|bract some measurement=3cm;10cm
|capsule architecture=short-pedicellate
|capsule shape=oblong
|capsule some measurement=4cm;5cm
|filament coloration=yellow
|filament orientation=erect
|filament position=inserted
|filament some measurement=5cm;6.5cm
|flower orientation=erect
|flower quantity=14;18
|flower some measurement=6cm;8cm
|inflorescence architecture=not bulbiferous
|inflorescence arrangement=paniculate
|inflorescence position or shape=distal
|inflorescence quantity=1/3
|lateral branch orientation=ascending
|lateral branch quantity=8;14
|lateral branch some measurement=10
|leaf length=60cm;110cm
|leaf orientation=reflexed;spreading;recurved
|leaf width=12cm;18cm
|limb lobe orientation=erect
|limb lobe size=subequal
|limb lobe some measurement=18mm;26mm
|margin course=straight
|margin shape=toothed
|neck size=constricted
|neck some measurement=4mm;6mm
|ovary some measurement=3cm;4cm
|perianth coloration=yellow
|rosette growth form=not cespitose
|rosette length=7dm;10dm
|rosette width=15dm;20dm
|scape some measurement=4m;7m
|seed some measurement=6mm;7mm
|stamen position=long-exserted
|tooth arrangement=apart
|tooth orientation=deflexed
|tooth quantity=single
|tooth some measurement=1;8mm;15mm
|tube length=13mm;18mm
|tube shape=cylindric
|tube width=14mm;16mm
|whole_organism architecture=acaulescent
|whole_organism growth form=plant;suckering
}}<!--

-->[[Category:Treatment]][[Category:Agave asperrima]]