Agave xylonacantha

Agave xylonacantha
Conservation status
	; Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)
	; Secure (NatureServe)
Scientific classification
Kingdom:	Plantae
Clade:	Tracheophytes
Clade:	Angiosperms
Clade:	Monocots
Order:	Asparagales
Family:	Asparagaceae
Subfamily:	Agavoideae
Genus:	Agave
Species:	A. xylonacantha
Binomial name
	Agave xylonacantha; Salm-Dyck
Synonyms
	Agave amurensis Jacobi; Agave carchariodonta Pamp.; Agave heteracantha var. splendens (Jacobi) A.Terracc.; Agave hybrida Verschaff.; Agave kochii Jacobi; Agave perbella Baker; Agave splendens Jacobi; Agave univittata var. carchariodonta (Pamp.) Breitung; Agave vanderdonckii Baker;

Agave xylonacantha is a plant species native to Hidalgo, Tamaulipas, Guanajuato and Queretaro in Mexico, but commonly cultivated as an ornamental on other regions. A. xylonacantha is an easy-to-grow member of the genus Agave.^[4] The specific epithet 'xylonacantha' means "wood spines".^[5]

Description

Agave xylonacantha produces a basal rosette of up to 180 cm (6 feet) in diameter. Leaves are sword-shaped, up to 90 cm (3 feet) long and 7.5 cm (3 inches) across, each ending in a spine about 4– 5 cm (1.6-2 inches) long. Margins of the leaves have spines up to 3 cm (1.2 inches) across. This gives the margins an undulating appearance. Flowering stalks can reach a height of 3.3 m (11 feet). Flowers are up to 3.5 cm (1.5 inches) in diameter with greenish tepals.^[6]^[7]^[8]

Cultivars include:

'Frostbite': the leaf's edges are a creamy yellow^[9]
'Blue': the leaves are blue-green^[10]

References

^ Hernández Sandoval, L.; González-Elizondo, M.; Zamudio, S.; Hernández-Martínez, M.; Matías-Palafox, M.; Sánchez, E. (2019). "Agave xylonacantha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T115699290A116354698. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T115699290A116354698.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
^ "NatureServe Explorer". Retrieved 2021-05-05.
^ "The Plant List:A Working List of All Plant Species".
^ Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte
^ "Agave xylonacantha, Saw Leaf Agave, Succulent, [Agave carchariodonta]". www.smgrowers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
^ Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.
^ CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.
^ Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of Continental North America i–xiv, 1–670. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
^ "Agave xylonacantha 'Frostbite' | Walters Gardens, Inc". www.waltersgardens.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.
^ "Agave Xylonacantha 'Blue'". www.succseed.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

[iucn_status_20_November_2021-1] Hernández Sandoval, L.; González-Elizondo, M.; Zamudio, S.; Hernández-Martínez, M.; Matías-Palafox, M.; Sánchez, E. (2019). "Agave xylonacantha". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T115699290A116354698. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T115699290A116354698.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.

[2] "NatureServe Explorer". Retrieved 2021-05-05.

[3] "The Plant List:A Working List of All Plant Species".

[4] Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte

[5] "Agave xylonacantha, Saw Leaf Agave, Succulent, [Agave carchariodonta]". www.smgrowers.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

[6] Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.

[7] CONABIO. 2009. Catálogo taxonómico de especies de México. 1. In Capital Nat. México. CONABIO, Mexico City.

[8] Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of Continental North America i–xiv, 1–670. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.

[9] "Agave xylonacantha 'Frostbite' | Walters Gardens, Inc". www.waltersgardens.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

[10] "Agave Xylonacantha 'Blue'". www.succseed.com. Retrieved 2021-05-05.

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