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Internal ID UUID64402456744c2844630144
Scientific name Agave lechuguilla
Authority Torr.
First published in Rep. U.S. Mex. Bound., Bot. [Emory] 213. 1859 [1-20 Apr 1859] , as 'lecheguilla'

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Scientific name Authority First published in
Agave lophantha var. tamaulipasana A.Berger Agaven : 94 (1915)
Agave multilineata Baker Handb. Amaryll. : 168 (1888)
Agave poselgeri Salm-Dyck Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 92 (1859)
Agave univittata var. tamaulipasana (A.Berger) Jacobson Natl. Cact. Succ. J. 28: 4 (1973)
Agave heteracantha Jacobi Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 22: 62 (1866)

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Language Common/alternative name
English lecheguilla agave
English lechuguilla
Spanish agave multilineata
German ixtlefaser
Hebrew מערת לצ'וגייה
Japanese レチュギヤ
nah zacametl
Chinese 白肋龙舌兰

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- Extinct
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- Native
  • Northern America
    • Mexico
      • Mexico Central
      • Mexico Northeast
    • South-central U.S.A.
      • New Mexico
      • Texas

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Database ID/link to page
World Flora Online wfo-0000754513
USDA Plants AGLE
KEW urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:60474750-2
The Plant List kew-293940
NCBI Taxonomy 39513
Nature Serve 2.134977
IUCN Red List 44393414
IPNI 60474750-2
iNaturalist 83105
iNaturalist 133415
GBIF 2766505
Freebase /m/08cs6m
FEIS plants/shrub/agalec
EPPO AGVLE
EOL 1083935
USDA GRIN 5454
Wikipedia Agave_lechuguilla
Tropicos 1201421
PFAF Agave lechuguilla
Open Tree Of Life 447318

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Below are displayed the latest 15 articles published in PMC (PubMed Central®) and other sources (DOI number only)!
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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
Agave angustifolia Haw. Leaves as a Potential Source of Bioactive Compounds: Extraction Optimization and Extract Characterization Bermúdez-Bazán M, Estarrón-Espinosa M, Castillo-Herrera GA, Escobedo-Reyes A, Urias-Silvas JE, Lugo-Cervantes E, Gschaedler-Mathis A Molecules 03-Mar-2024
PMCID:PMC10935067
doi:10.3390/molecules29051137
PMID:38474649
A panoramic view of technological landscape for bioethanol production from various generations of feedstocks Devi A, Bajar S, Sihag P, Sheikh ZU, Singh A, Kaur J, Bishnoi NR, Pant D Bioengineered 04-Jul-2023
PMCID:PMC10321172
doi:10.1080/21655979.2022.2095702
PMID:37401849
Chemical Constituents and Antimicrobial Activity of a Ganoderma lucidum (Curtis.) P. Karst. Aqueous Ammonia Extract Sánchez-Hernández E, Teixeira A, Pereira C, Cruz A, Martín-Gil J, Oliveira R, Martín-Ramos P Plants (Basel) 11-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10305452
doi:10.3390/plants12122271
PMID:37375896
Lessons from the history of Agave: ecological and cultural context for valuation of CAM Davis SC, Ortiz-Cano HG Ann Bot 06-Jun-2023
PMCID:PMC10799984
doi:10.1093/aob/mcad072
PMID:37279950
Predicting geographic distribution and habitat suitability of Opuntia streptacantha in paleoclimatic, current, and future scenarios in Mexico Cruz‐Jiménez I, Delgado‐Sánchez P, Guerrero‐González MD, Puente‐Martínez R, Flores J, De‐Nova JA Ecol Evol 01-May-2023
PMCID:PMC10151206
doi:10.1002/ece3.10050
PMID:37143992
Antioxidants in Traditional Mexican Medicine and Their Applications as Antitumor Treatments Soto KM, Pérez Bueno JD, Mendoza López ML, Apátiga-Castro M, López-Romero JM, Mendoza S, Manzano-Ramírez A Pharmaceuticals (Basel) 23-Mar-2023
PMCID:PMC10145960
doi:10.3390/ph16040482
PMID:37111239
Antifungal In Vitro Activity of Phoradendron sp. Extracts on Fungal Isolates from Tomato Crop Salas-Gómez AL, Espinoza Ahumada CA, Castillo Godina RG, Ascacio-Valdés JA, Rodríguez-Herrera R, Segura Martínez MT, Neri Ramírez E, Estrada Drouaillet B, Osorio-Hernández E Plants (Basel) 03-Feb-2023
PMCID:PMC9921527
doi:10.3390/plants12030672
PMID:36771755
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
A Comparative Transcriptomic with UPLC-Q-Exactive MS Reveals Differences in Gene Expression and Components of Iridoid Biosynthesis in Various Parts of Gentiana macrophylla Kou Y, Yi X, Li Z, Ai Y, Ma S, Chen Q Genes (Basel) 15-Dec-2022
PMCID:PMC9778098
doi:10.3390/genes13122372
PMID:36553639
Holm Oak (Quercus ilex subsp. ballota (Desf.) Samp.) Bark Aqueous Ammonia Extract for the Control of Invasive Forest Pathogens Sánchez-Hernández E, Balduque-Gil J, Barriuso-Vargas JJ, Casanova-Gascón J, González-García V, Cuchí-Oterino JA, Lorenzo-Vidal B, Martín-Gil J, Martín-Ramos P Int J Mol Sci 06-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9569932
doi:10.3390/ijms231911882
PMID:36233184
Changes in demography and geographic distribution in the weeping pinyon pine (Pinus pinceana) during the Pleistocene Figueroa‐Corona L, Moreno‐Letelier A, Ortega‐Del Vecchyo D, Peláez P, Gernandt DS, Eguiarte LE, Wegrzyn J, Piñero D Ecol Evol 05-Oct-2022
PMCID:PMC9534753
doi:10.1002/ece3.9369
PMID:36225821
Dummy regression to predict dry fiber in Agave lechuguilla Torr. in two large-scale bioclimatic regions in Mexico López-Díaz JÓ, Méndez-González J, López-Serrano PM, Sánchez-Pérez FD, Méndez-Encina FM, Mendieta-Oviedo R, Sosa-Díaz L, Flores A, García-Montiel E, Cambrón-Sandoval VH, Zermeño-González A, Corral Rivas JJ PLoS One 15-Sep-2022
PMCID:PMC9477326
doi:10.1371/journal.pone.0274641
PMID:36108072
Potential Use of Agave Genus in Neuroinflammation Management Herrera-Ruiz M, Jiménez-Ferrer E, González-Cortazar M, Zamilpa A, Cardoso-Taketa A, Arenas-Ocampo ML, Jiménez-Aparicio AR, Monterrosas-Brisson N Plants (Basel) 25-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9460694
doi:10.3390/plants11172208
PMID:36079590
Promotion of Plant Growth in Arid Zones by Selected Trichoderma spp. Strains with Adaptation Plasticity to Alkaline pH Cabral-Miramontes JP, Olmedo-Monfil V, Lara-Banda M, Zúñiga-Romo ER, Aréchiga-Carvajal ET Biology (Basel) 12-Aug-2022
PMCID:PMC9405189
doi:10.3390/biology11081206
PMID:36009833

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Name PubChem ID Canonical SMILES MW Found in Proof
> Lipids and lipid-like molecules / Prenol lipids / Triterpenoids
Ruizgenin 586922 Click to see 432.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-128X(80)80004-3
Spirost-5-en-2,3-diol 3777347 Click to see CC1CCC2(C(C3C(O2)CC4C3(CCC5C4CC=C6C5(CC(C(C6)O)O)C)C)C)OC1 430.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-128X(80)80004-3
Yuccagenin 3083608 Click to see 430.60 unknown https://doi.org/10.1016/S0039-128X(80)80004-3

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