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. Belg. ex Besaucèle

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

Fieldbook #

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State

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Description

Altitude

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Basic Data

Subgenus

Littaea

Section

Marginatae

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

Remarks

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