Asparagaceae
Agave

Agave lechuguilla Torr.

First published in W.H.Emory, Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound. 2(1): 213 (1859)
This species is accepted
The native range of this species is S. New Mexico to Central Mexico. It is a succulent perennial and grows primarily in the desert or dry shrubland biome.

Distribution

Native to:

Mexico Central, Mexico Northeast, New Mexico, Texas

Introduced into:

Canary Is., Spain

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • Albano, P.-O. (2003). La Conaissance des Plantes Exotiques: 1-324. Édisud, Aix-en-Provence.
  • Aymerich, P. (2019). Notes sobre flora allòctona a Catalunya. II. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural 83: 3-21.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.
  • Powell, A.M. & Worthington, R.D. (2018). Flowering plants of Trans-Pecos Texas and adjacent areas: 1-1444. BRIT Press.
  • Verloove, F. & al. (2019). A synopsis of feral Agave and Fucraea (Agavaceae, Asparagaceae s. lat.) in the Canary islands (Spain). Plant Ecology and Evolution 152: 470-498.

Kew Backbone Distributions

  • Aymerich, P. (2019). Notes sobre flora allòctona a Catalunya. II. Butlletí de la Institució Catalana d'Història Natural 83: 3-21.
  • Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
  • Flora of North America Editorial Committee (2002). Flora of North America North of Mexico 26: 1-723. Oxford University Press, New York, Oxford.
  • Verloove, F. & al. (2019). A synopsis of feral Agave and Fucraea (Agavaceae, Asparagaceae s. lat.) in the Canary islands (Spain). Plant Ecology and Evolution 152: 470-498.

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
Jul 28, 2006 Mex, N. [1907] Mexico K000455008 Type Yes
Jul 28, 2006 Mulford, A.I. [295] United States K000455007 Yes
Jul 28, 2006 Wright, C. [682] K000455009 No
Jul 28, 2006 Wynd, F.L. [380] Mexico K000455010 No
Jul 27, 2006 Mabry, T.J. [s.n.] United States K000455005 Yes
Jul 27, 2006 Newman, M. [423] Mexico K000455013 No
Jul 27, 2006 Bourgeau, M. [411] Mexico K000455012 No
Jul 27, 2006 Palmer, E. [1311] Mexico K000455011 No
Jul 27, 2006 English, C. [21303] United States K000455006 Yes
Jul 26, 2006 s.coll. [43523] United States K000455002 Yes
Jul 26, 2006 Vasey, G.R. [s.n.] United States K000455003 Yes
Jul 26, 2006 Shaw, H. [s.n.] United States K000455001 Yes
Jul 26, 2006 Mabry, T.J. [s.n.] United States K000455004 Yes
[Laeheguilla] [s.n.] K002171321 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171326 Yes
Palmer, E. [227] Mexico K001276016 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171325 Yes
Enjelmann [119] K002171317 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K001097390 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171329 Yes
Shaw, H. [s.n.] K002171316 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002171320 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171327 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171324 Yes

Sources

  • Angiosperm Extinction Risk Predictions v1

    • Angiosperm Threat Predictions
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  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • Digital Image © Board of Trustees, RBG Kew http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0/

  • IUCN Categories

    • IUCN Red List of Threatened Species
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2024. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Science Photographs

    • Copyright applied to individual images