Agave
| Agave | |
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| Agave americana | |
Scientific classification 
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| Kinrick: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Faimily: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfaimily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Agave L. |
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Agave (/əˈɡɑːveɪ/[1] or /əˈɡeɪviː/[2]) is a genus o monocots. The plants are perennial, but each rosette flouers ance an then dies (see semelparity). Some species are kent bi the name century plant.[3]
In the APG III seestem, the genus is placed in the subfamily Agavoideae o the broadly circumscribed faimily Asparagaceae.[4] Some authors prefer tae place it in the segregate faimily Agavaceae. Tradeetionally, it wis circumscribed tae be componed o aboot 166 species, but it is nou uisually unnerstuid tae hae aboot 208 species.[5]
References
[eedit | eedit soorce]- ↑ An Anglo-Hispanic pronunciation. Sunset Western Garden Book, 1995:606–607.
- ↑ An Anglo-Latin pronunciation. OED: "Agave".
- ↑ Bailey, L.H.; Bailey, E.Z.; the staff of the Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third: A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada. Macmillan, New York.
- ↑ Mark W. Chase, James L. Reveal, and Michael F. Fay. 2009. "A subfamilial classification for the expanded asparagalean families Amaryllidaceae, Asparagaceae, and Xanthorrhoeaceae". Botanical Journal of the Linnean Society 161(2):132-136.
- ↑ Sara V. Good-Avila, Valeria Souza, Brandon S. Gaut, and Luis E. Eguiarte. 2006. "Timing and rate of speciation in Agave (Agavaceae)". PNAS (Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences, USA) 103(24):9124-9129. doi:10.1073/pnas.0603312103
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