Agave sisalana

Agave sisalana subsp. var.
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Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture

Agave sisalana, Perr. (A. anacantha, Terr. A brevis, Hort. A Houlletiana or Houllettii, Hort. A laevis, Hort. A ixtli sisalana, hort. A rigida progressana, Boyd. A rigida sisalana, Auct. A. sisala, Perr. A sisalana inermis, Riviere. A. sisalana yashquia, Perr.). Nearly trunkless: lvs. 4 x 60 in., becoming green, with shallow-grooved spine and typically no prickles: infl. ample; fls. 1 3/4-2 1/2 in.; ovary, segm. and tube about equal: caps. rare. Yucatan or Chiapas(?). Perrine, Senate Doc. 300, pl. 1, 2, 4. Dodge, Rep. Fiber Invest. 3, 5, 9, wiht pl. Rep. Mo. Bot. Gard. 7, pl. 54-56. Proc. Amer. Phil. Soc. 49, pl. 32. Mem. Nat. Acad. 11. pl. 113-115.-The yaxci, green agave or sisal hemp most commonly cult. outside of Yucatan: largely distributed to growers from Trop. Fla. where Perrine intro. it about 1835 and, as in some of the W. Indies, it has become naturalized. It has been crossed by Trabut with A. vera-cruz under the name "potosina." CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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References

• Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture, by L. H. Bailey, MacMillan Co., 1963

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