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Agave dentiens Trel.
Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 22: 51, pl. 1912 (1911, xxii. 51.)
Family: AGAVACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Agave cerulata subs. dentiens (Trel.) Gentry
Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 130: 43. 1978 Notes: A. dentiens

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave cerulata Trel.
Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 1911, xxii. 55.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave cerulata subs. dentiens (Trel.) Gentry
Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 130: 43. 1978
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave cerulata subs. nelsonii (Trel.) Gentry
Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 130: 44. 1978
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave cerulata subs. subcerulata Gentry
Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 130: 47 (-48), fig. 1978

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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Agave cerulata group

  • Agave cerulata ssp. cerulataAgave cerulata Trel.: (subsp. cerulata) Leaves yellowish 25-40 cm long and 4-8 cm wide. 6-12 times as long as broad. Distribution: Central Lower California
  • Agave cerulata subs. dentiens (Trel.) Gentry: has long-acuminate, grayish leaves and broad panicles Distribution: Isla San Esteban (and perhaps also Isla Angel de la Guarda and the adjacent peninsula)
  • Agave cerulata subs. nelsonii (Trel.) Gentry: has somewhat undulate to nearly entire leaves that are 25-40 cm long, 3-6 times as long as broad, and broadest near or below the middle. Distribution: North-western end of the range.
  • Agave cerulata subs. subcerulata Gentry: has crenate leaves that are 15-30 cm long, 3-6 times as long as broad, and generally broadest above the middle. Distribution south-eastern part of the of the range.

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