Agave macroacantha Zuccarini

Very beautiful, symmetrical plant with many leaves. Extremely pretty black spines. Produces many suckers. Suited as a pot plant as well

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First Description


Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae 16(2): 676, 1833




Synonyms


Agave bessereriana van Houtte (1868)
    (Catalogue de l'Établissement Horticole de Louis van Houtte ŕ Gand: 32, 1868)



Agave besseriana De Smet ex Jacobi (1865)
    (Hamburger Garten- und Blumenzeitung 21: 155, 1865)




Agave besseriana candida Jacobi (1870)



Agave besseriana hystrix Jacobi (1871)



Agave besseriana longifolia glauca Jacobi (1869)
    (Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten 12: 179, 1869 (nom. inval., Art. 24.2))




Agave besseriana longifolia viridis Jacobi (1869)
    (Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten 12: 179, 1869 (nom. inval., Art. 24.2))




Agave flavescens Salm-Dyck (1834)
    (Hortus Dyckensis 8: 8, 1834)




Agave flavescens var. macracantha (Herbert) Jacobi (1865)



Agave flavescens var. macroacantha (Zuccarini) Jacobi (1864)



Agave integrifolia Baker (1888)
    (Handbook of the Amaryllideae: 185, 1888)




Agave linearia Jacobi (1869)
    (Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten 12: 179, 1869)




Agave macracantha Herbert (1837)
    (nom. inval., Art. 61.1?)



Agave macrantha Jacobi (1869)



Agave macroacantha var. integrifolia Trelease (1907)



Agave macroacantha var. latifolia Trelease (1907)
    (Annual Report of the Missouri Botanical Garden 18: 251, T. 27&28, 1907)




Agave macroacantha var. planifolia Berger (1912)
    (Hortus Mortolensis: 361, 1912)




Agave oligophylla Baker (1878)
    (Gardeners' Chronicle, n. ser., v. 10: 492, 1878)




Agave paucifolia Baker (1878)
    (Gardeners' Chronicle, n.ser., v. 9: 266, 1878)




Agave pugioniformis Zuccarini (1833)
    (Nova Acta Physico-Medica Academiae Caesareae Leopoldino-Carolinae 16(2): 676-677, 1833)




Agave subfalcata Jacobi (1869)
    (Wochenschrift des Vereines zur Beförderung des Gartenbaues in den Königlich Preussischen Staaten 12: 179, 1869)




Agave sudburyensis Hort. Peacock ex Baker (1877)
    (Gardeners' Chronicle, n. ser., v. 8: 137, 1877)





Literature


Gentry, H. S.: Agaves of Continental North America: 578-580, 1982



Trelease, W.: Agave macroacantha and allied Euagaves, 1907 (Part 1)



Trelease, W.: Agave macroacantha and allied Euagaves, 1907 (Part 2)



Trelease, W.: Agave macroacantha and allied Euagaves, 1907 (Part 3)



Arizaga, S. & Ezcurra, E.: Propagation Mechanisms in Agave macroacantha (Agavaceae), a Tropical Arid-Land Succulent Rosette, 2002




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Basic Data

Subgenus

Agave

Section

Rigidae

Diameter

up to 70cm

Inflorescence

Flower Color

green glaucous

Flowering Time

Reproduction

suckers, bulbils, seed

Common Name


Natural Location

Occurrence

Oaxaca, Puebla


Remarks

In habitat very variable but easily recognizable by its long black spines (hence the name)





 

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Various

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Indoor Summer

Exposition

sunny

Watering

moderately


Indoor Winter

Temperature

keep over 6°C / 43°F

Soil

keep totally dry


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