CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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CPC National Collection Plant Profile
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Agave schottii var. treleasei
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Agave schottii var. treleasei is Not Sponsored |
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custodian for this plant in the CPC National Collection of Endangered
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Kathleen C. Rice contributed to this Plant Profile. |
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| Members of the Agave genus occur natively in arid and tropical regions from the southern USA to northern South America, and throughout the Caribbean (Benson and Darrow 1981, Gentry 1986). More than 200 species are recognized. The name Agave is derived from the Greek and means "noble," referring to their tall flower stalk. Some agave species have stalks that grow up to 40 feet tall. Agaves in general have many common and native local names including maguey, mescal, lechuguilla, amole and century plant. Several species in the genus Agave are of global economic importance. Agave sisalana and Agave fourcroydes are widely cultivated in Africa, Asia, Mexico and Central America for fiber. The most important economic use of agaves is production of mescal and tequila. These products are worth millions of dollars to the Mexican economy. In Mexico, thousands of hectares are devoted to plantations of Agave tequilana, the source of tequila. Other species are grown world-wide as ornamentals (Desert Botanic Garden 2002) Agave schotti v. treleasii is succulent rosette-forming perennial plant with leaves that are 25 to 40 cm long, 12 to 25 mm wide, linear, and deep green with no bud imprinting. Flowers appear from May to July. The flower stalk is 2 to 4 meters tall and 2.6 to 3.3 cm in diameter (Gentry 1986). It is subspicate to narrowly racemose-paniculate, the longer branchlets 27 to 40 mm long, the shorter ones 0.7 to 2.2 mm long (Benson and Darrow 1981, Gentry 1986). The deep yellow flowers are 35 to 50 mm long, usually 2 per cluster (Benson and Darrow 1981, Gentry 1986).
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References |
Benson, L.; Darrow, R.A. 1981. Trees and Shrubs of the Southwest Deserts. Tucson, AZ: University of Arizona Press. 68p. |
Gentry, H.S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America. Tucson, AZ: Univ. Arizona Press. |
Kartesz, J.T. 1993. Species distribution data for vascular plants of 70 geographical areas, from unpublished data files at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. |
Kartesz, J.T. 1996. Species distribution data at state and province level for vascular plant taxa of the United States, Canada, and Greenland (accepted records), from unpublished data files at the North Carolina Botanical Garden. |
Kearney, T.H.; Peebles, R.H. 1973. Arizona flora. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press. 1085p. |
Phillips, S.J.; Comus, P.W. 2000. A Natural History of the Sonoran Desert. Tucson, AZ: Arizona-Sonoran Desert Museum Press. |
Kartesz, J.T. 1999. A synonymized checklist of the vascular flora of the U.S., Canada, and Greenland. In: Kartesz, J.T.; Meacham, C.A., editors. Synthesis of the North American Flora, Version 1.0. North Carolina Botanical Garden. Chapel Hill, NC. |
(2000). Center for Plant Conservation's National Living Collection--Profiles. Desert Botanical Garden. http://www.dbg.org/Collections/cpc.html. Accessed: 2002. |
Arizona Game and Fish Department. (1999). Plant Abstracts. Compiled and edited by the Heritage Data Management System, Arizona Game and Fish Department, Phoenix, AZ. http://www.gf.state.az.us/frames/fishwild/hdms_site/Abstracts/Plants/abstracts%20-%20plants.htm. Accessed: 2002. |
Trame, A.M.; Coddington, A.J.; Paige, K.N. 1995. Field and Genetic-Studies Testing Optimal Outcrossing in Agave schottii, a Long-Lived Clonal Plant. Oecologia. 104, 1: 93-100. |
USFWS. 1976. Proposed Endangered Status for 1700 U.S. Plants. Federal Register. 41: 24523-24572. |
Fonseca, J.; Scalero, D. 1999. Determining Valuable Species within Pima County, AZ: a discussion paper for the Sonoran desert conservation plan. Tuscon, AZ: Pima County Flood Control District. |
Phillips, A.M., III; Hodgson, W.C. 1991. Status Report. Phoenix, Arizona: Prepared for the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service, Ecological services. |
| This profile was updated on 3/4/2010 |