Agave demeesteriana

Agave demeesteriana
Scientific classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species: A. demeesteriana
Binomial name
Agave demeesteriana
Jacobi
Synonyms[1][2]
  • Agave ananassoides DeJonghe & Jacobi
  • Agave miradorensis Jacobi
  • Agave miradorensis var. regeliana (Jacobi) A.Terracc.
  • Agave regeliana Jacobi

Agave demeesteriana is a species reported as native to the Mexican states of Sinaloa and Veracruz and reportedly naturalized in Florida.[3][4]

Some sources hyphenate the epithet as "de-meesteriana." The correct spelling is without the hyphen (per ICN 60.9 and 60C.5c)[5]

References

  1. ↑ Tropicos
  2. ↑ The Plant List
  3. ↑ Jacobi, Georg Albano von. Versuch zu einer systematischen Ordnung der Agaveen 218. 1865.
  4. ↑ Howard Scott Gentry, Agaves of Continental North America (University of Arizona Press, 1982)
  5. ↑ McNeill et al. (eds), International Code of Nomenclature for algae, fungi, and plants (Melbourne Code). Koeltz Scientific Books. 2012
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