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Agave deserti var. simplex (Gentry) W.C.Hodgs. & Reveal
Novon 11(4): 413. 2001 [7 Dec 2001]
Family: AGAVACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Agave deserti subs. simplex Gentry
Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 130: 22 (fig.). 1978

Agave deserti var. simplex (Agave deserti subs. simplex) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini
Growing habit. Arizona. Plant grey-glaucous, few branched usually with one or only a few rosettes.

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave deserti Engelm.
Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 310 1875
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave deserti subs. pringlei (Baker) Gentry
Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 130: 20. 1978
Synonymy: 4 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave deserti subs. simplex Gentry
Occas. Pap. Calif. Acad. Sci. 130: 22 (fig.). 1978
Synonymy: 2
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Agave deserti group

  • Agave deserti Engelm.: (subsp. deserti) plants clumps freely usually with numerous rosettes; perianth tube, campanulate, 3-5 mm; filaments inserted at top of tube. Distribution: Southern California.
  • Agave deserti subs. pringlei (Baker) Gentry: has narrower, less glaucous leves, and the terminal spine is decurrent into the corneous margin along the leaf-tip.
  • Agave deserti subs. simplex Gentry: Plants usually solitary with one or only a few rosettes; perianth tube funnelform (3-)5-10 mm; filaments inserted above middle but well within tube. Distribution: Southern California and Arizona.

245 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Agave deserti var. simplex ''century plant''. juvenile specimen (pot 5 cm in diameter) (Agave deserti subs. simplex) Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
29971 RapCactus Raimondo Paladini
Agave deserti subs. simplex. In habitat (Arizona). (Agave deserti subs. simplex) Photo by: Raimondo Paladini


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