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Internal ID UUID6440244a6e490435575504
Scientific name Agave asperrima
Authority Jacobi
First published in Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 20: 561 (1864)

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Agave scabra Salm-Dyck Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 89 (1859)

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Language Common/alternative name
English rough century plant
Chinese 山丘龙舌兰
Chinese 糙叶龙舌兰

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Agave asperrima subsp. asperrima Unknown
Agave asperrima subsp. maderensis (Gentry) B.Ullrich Sida 15: 254 (1992)
Agave asperrima subsp. potosiensis (Gentry) B.Ullrich Sida 15: 254 (1992)
Agave asperrima subsp. zarcensis (Gentry) B.Ullrich Sida 15: 254 (1992)

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  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Northeast
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • Texas

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000754155
USDA Plants AGAS3
Tropicos 1201425
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:61822-1
The Plant List kew-293612
Open Tree Of Life 3996146
NCBI Taxonomy 2695038
Nature Serve 2.958956
IUCN Red List 114936937
IPNI 61822-1
iNaturalist 347513
GBIF 2766760
EOL 1083836
USDA GRIN 5401

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Title Authors Publication Released IDs
Agave distribution and floral display influence foraging rates of an endangered pollinating bat and implications for conservation Lear KM, Moore CT, King EG, Gómez‐Ruiz E, Flores Maldonado JJ, Ibarra Sanchez C, Castañeda Aguilera A, Prebyl TJ, Hepinstall‐Cymerman J Ecol Evol 15-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10941551
doi:10.1002/ece3.11125
PMID:38495433
Uses, Knowledge and Extinction Risk Faced by Agave Species in Mexico Alducin-Martínez C, Ruiz Mondragón KY, Jiménez-Barrón O, Aguirre-Planter E, Gasca-Pineda J, Eguiarte LE, Medellin RA Plants (Basel) 27-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9824392
doi:10.3390/plants12010124
PMID:36616253
Medicinal plants used by rural communities in the arid zone of Viesca and Parras Coahuila in northeast Mexico Torres-León C, Rebolledo Ramírez F, Aguirre-Joya JA, Ramírez-Moreno A, Chávez-González ML, Aguillón-Gutierrez DR, Camacho-Guerra L, Ramírez-Guzmán N, Hernández Vélez S, Aguilar CN Saudi Pharm J 12-Nov-2022
PMCID:PMC9845112
doi:10.1016/j.jsps.2022.11.003
PMID:36685306
Phylogeny, Diversification Rate, and Divergence Time of Agave sensu lato (Asparagaceae), a Group of Recent Origin in the Process of Diversification Jiménez-Barron O, García-Sandoval R, Magallón S, García-Mendoza A, Nieto-Sotelo J, Aguirre-Planter E, Eguiarte LE Front Plant Sci 09-Nov-2020
PMCID:PMC7680843
doi:10.3389/fpls.2020.536135
PMID:33240289
Climate change, range shifts, and the disruption of a pollinator-plant complex Gómez-Ruiz EP, Lacher Jr. TE Sci Rep 01-Oct-2019
PMCID:PMC6773846
doi:10.1038/s41598-019-50059-6
PMID:31575888
Inhibitory Effect of Flower-Shaped Zinc Oxide Nanostructures on the Growth and Aflatoxin Production of a Highly Toxigenic Strain of Aspergillus flavus Link Hernández-Meléndez D, Salas-Téllez E, Zavala-Franco A, Téllez G, Méndez-Albores A, Vázquez-Durán A Materials (Basel) 24-Jul-2018
PMCID:PMC6117727
doi:10.3390/ma11081265
PMID:30042297
Biocontrol of Aspergillus flavus on Peanut Kernels Using Streptomyces yanglinensis 3-10 Shakeel Q, Lyu A, Zhang J, Wu M, Li G, Hsiang T, Yang L Front Microbiol 23-May-2018
PMCID:PMC5974058
doi:10.3389/fmicb.2018.01049
PMID:29875755
Ethnobotany in the Cumbres de Monterrey National Park, Nuevo León, México Estrada E, Villarreal JA, Cantú C, Cabral I, Scott L, Yen C J Ethnobiol Ethnomed 30-Jan-2007
PMCID:PMC1805743
doi:10.1186/1746-4269-3-8
PMID:17263889

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