First Description

Linnaea 5: 464, 1830; Linnaea 18: 413, 1844

Synonyms

Agave attenuata var. subdenudata Hort. ex Trelease

Agave caribaea Verschaffelt (1873)

Agave chloracantha Salm-Dyck (1859)
    (Bonplandia 7: 93, 1859)

Agave densiflora Hooker (1857)
    (Curtis's Botanical Magazine 83: t. 5006, 1857)

Agave densiflora var. angustifolia Hort ex Besaucèle
    (nom. illeg., Art. 53.1)

Agave densiflora var. foliis striatis aureis Hort ex Besaucèle
    (nom. inval., Art. 24.2)

Agave engelmannii Trelease (1892)
    (Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 3: 167-168, 1892)

Agave flaccifolia Berger (1915)
    (Die Agaven: 42, 1915)

Agave hookeri Hort ex Besaucèle

Agave lamprochlora Jacobi (1868)
    (Nachtraege I in Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss., 1868: 35, 1868)

Agave micracantha Baker (1877)

Agave muilmannii Jacobi (1870)
    (Nachtraege II in Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1870: 76-77, 1870)

Agave myriacantha Hort ex Besaucèle

Agave polyacantha Jacobi

Agave polyacantha var. densiflora (Hooker) Terracciano (1858)
    (A. Terracciano: Primo Contributo ad una Monografia delle Agave: 27, 1885)

Agave polyacantha var. xalapensis (Roezl ex Jacobi) Gentry (1982)
    (Agaves of Continental North America: 230, 1982)

Agave uncinata Jacobi (1865)
    (Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 21: 165, 1865)

Agave xalapensis Roezl ex Jacobi (1865)
    (Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 21: 61, 1865)

Literature

Gentry, H. S.: Agaves of Continental North America: 161-164, 1982

Ullrich, B.: Agave obscura Schiede y Agave horrida Lemaire ex Jacobi ssp. perotensis Ullrich ssp. nov.

Fieldbook #

Country

State

Municipality

Description

Altitude

GPS Lat

GPS Long

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Basic Data

Subgenus

Littaea

Section

Polycephalae

Diameter

up to 100cm

Inflorescence

Flower Color

reddish

Flowering Time

Reproduction

branching after bloom, seed, ev.bulbils

Common Name

Natural Location

Occurrence

Oaxaca, Puebla, San Luis Potosi, Tamaulipas, Veracruz

Remarks

In Genty this taxon appears as Agave polyacantha var. xalapensis

Agave poliacantha is historically not derivable

Indoor Summer

Exposition

half shady

Watering

plenty

Indoor Winter

Temperature

keep over 6°C / 43°F

Soil

keep moderately moist

Outdoor

Sun Tolerance

Hydration

Hardiness