Echinoagave
| Echinoagave | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Echinoagave A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor. |
Echinoagave is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae. It includes 12 species native to Mexico.[1]
The species in genus Echinoagave were formerly placed in genus Agave, and both genera share a rosette habit and terminal spine. Echinoagave species are distinguished by their generally compact hedgehog-like shape, with cylindrical to subcylindrical to flattened leaves with hard, firm, striate-sulcate and serrulate margins. Echinoagave plants are typically polycarpic, flowering multiple times before dying, in contrast to the typically monocarpic Agave species whose rosettes die after flowering.[2]
Species
[edit]12 species are accepted.[1]
- Echinoagave albopilosa (I.Cabral, Villarreal & A.E.Estrada) A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor.
- Echinoagave cremnophila (G.D.Starr, Etter & Kristen) A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor.
- Echinoagave cryptica (G.D.Starr & T.J.Davis) A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor.
- Echinoagave gracielae (Galvan & Zamudio) A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor.
- Echinoagave kavandivi (García-Mend. & C.Chávez) A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor.
- Echinoagave lexii (García-Mor., J.García-Jim. & Iamonico) A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor.
- Echinoagave nievesiorum A.Vázquez, A.T.Nuño, Cházaro, Padilla-Lepe & García-Mor.
- Echinoagave petrophila (García-Mend. & E.Martínez) A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor.
- Echinoagave rzedowskiana (P.Carrillo, Vega & R.Delgad.) A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor.
- Echinoagave striata (Zucc.) A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor.
- Echinoagave stricta (Salm-Dyck) A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor.
- Echinoagave tenuifolia (Zamudio & E.Sánchez) A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor.
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Echinoagave A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor". Plants of the World Online. Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ Vázquez-García, J.A., C.S. Rosales-Martínez, J. Padilla-Lepe, G. Hernandez-Vera, y L.J. García-Morales. 2024. New genera and new combinations in Agavaceae (Asparagales). Phytoneuron 2024-02: 1–14. Published 15 January 2024. ISSN 2153-733X