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Agave fourcroydes
Lemaire
Soft-leaved fibre-plant that looks like a Furcraea. Not very attractive but can become quite big
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First Description |
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L'Illustration Horticole 11: Misc. 65, 1864
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Synonyms
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Agave elongata (Baker) Berger (1912) (nom. illeg., Art. 53.1)
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Agave ixtli Hort. ex Berger (1915) (Die Agaven: 238, 1915)
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Agave ixtli var. elongata Baker (1877)
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Agave ixtlioides Lemaire ex Jacobi (1866)
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Agave longifolia Hort. ex Berger (1915) (Die Agaven: 238, 1915)
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Agave rigida var. elongata (Baker) Baker (1893) (Bulletin of Miscellaneous Information, Royal Gardens, Kew 1892: 23, 1893)
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Agave rigida var. longifolia Engelmann (1875) (Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 3: 316, 1875)
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Agave sullivani Trelease (1920) (Contributions from the U. S. National Herbarium 23: 119, 1920)
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Literature
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Gentry, H. S.: Agaves of Continental North America: 573-576, 1982 |
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Trelease, W.: Agave in the West Indies, Mem. Nat. Acad. Sci. 11: 48-49, 1913 |
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Basic Data
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Subgenus |
Agave |
Section |
Rigidae |
Diameter |
up to 360cm |
Inflorescence |
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Flower Color |
greenish-yellow |
Flowering Time |
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Reproduction |
suckers, bulbils, seed |
Common Name |
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Natural Location
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Occurrence |
Cutlivated only |
Remarks
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The fibre Agave of the Yucatan Peninsula. Only known as a plantation plant
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Adult
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Inflorescence
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Flower
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Various
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Indoor Summer
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Exposition |
sunny to half shady |
Watering |
plenty |
Indoor Winter
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Temperature |
keep over 12°C / 54°F |
Soil |
keep moderately moist |
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