Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck

Rarely found in collections. It's a plant with few stiff leaves and normally grotesque and dangerous spines

© Julia Etter & Martin Kristen

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First Description


Bonplandia 7: 92, 1859




Synonyms


Agave amurensis Jacobi (1864)
    (Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 20: 548, 1864)




Agave carchariodonta Pampanini (1907)
    (Nuovo Giornale Botanico Italiano 14: 591, 1907)




Agave cornuta Hort. Besaucèle ex Berger (1915)



Agave heteracantha var. splendens (Jacobi) Terracciano (1885)
    (A. Terracciano: Primo Contributo ad una Monografia delle Agave: 31, 1885)




Agave kochii Jacobi (1866)
    (Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 22: 117, 1866)




Agave maximiliana Hort. Saunders ex Baker (1877)
    (Gardeners' Chronicle, n. ser., v. 8: 201, 1877)




Agave noli-tangere Berger (1915)
    (Die Agaven: 103, 1915)




Agave perbella Hort. ex Baker (1877)
    (Gardeners' Chronicle, n. ser., v. 7: 527-528, 1877)




Agave splendens Jacobi (1870)
    (Nachtraege II in Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1870: 63-64, 1870)




Agave univittata var. carchariodonta (Pampanini) Breitung (1959)
    (Cactus & Succulent Journal of America 31: 114, 1959)




Agave vanderdonckii Hort. ex Baker (1877)
    (Gardeners' Chronicle, n. ser., v. 7: 527, 1877)




Agave vittata Regel (1858)
    (Gartenflora 7: 312, 1858)




Agave xylacantha Hort. ex Baker (1877)
    (Gardeners' Chronicle, n. ser., v. 7: 527, 1877)




Agave xylonacantha var. horizontalis Hort. ex Berger (1915)
    (Die Agaven: 114, 1915)




Agave xylonacantha var. latifolia Jacobi
    (nom. inval., Art. 29.1?)



Agave xylonacantha var. macracantha Jacobi
    (nom. inval., Art. 29.1?)



Agave xylonacantha var. mediopicta Trelease



Agave xylonacantha var. torta Jacobi (1868)
    (Nachtraege I in Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1868: 17, 1868)




Agave xylonacantha var. vittata Jacobi
    (nom. inval., Art. 29.1?)




Literature


Gentry, H. S.: Agaves of Continental North America: 186-188, 1982




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Basic Data

Subgenus

Littaea

Section

Heteracanthae

Diameter

up to 160cm

Inflorescence

Flower Color

greenish to pale yellow

Flowering Time

March - April

Reproduction

suckers, seed, rarely bulbils

Common Name


Natural Location

Occurrence

San Luis Potosi, Guanajuato, Hidalgo, Queretaro, Tamaulipas


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Young

Adult

Inflorescence

Flower

Various

Various

Various

Various

Various

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 


Indoor Summer

Exposition

sunny to half shady

Watering

plenty


Indoor Winter

Temperature

keep over 6°C / 43°F

Soil

keep totally dry


Outdoor

Sun Tolerance

Hydration

Hardiness