View source for Agave americana var. expansa

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|accepted_name=Agave americana var. expansa
|accepted_authority=(Jacobi) Gentry
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Agave Fam. Sonora,
|place=80. 1972
|year=1972
}}
|common_names=Spreading century plant
|basionyms={{Treatment/ID/Basionym
|name=Agave expansa
|authority=Jacobi
|rank=species
|publication_title=Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. (Naturwiss.-Med. Abth.)
|publication_place=1868: 151. 1868
}}
|synonyms={{Treatment/ID/Synonym
|name=Agave abrupta
|authority=Trelease
|rank=species
}}
|hierarchy=Agavaceae;Agave;Agave americana;Agave americana var. expansa
|hierarchy_nav=<div class="higher-taxa"><div class="higher-taxon"><small>family</small>[[Agavaceae]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>genus</small>[[Agave]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>species</small>[[Agave americana]]</div><div class="higher-taxon"><small>variety</small>[[Agave americana var. expansa]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=page 443, 454
|treatment_page=page 453
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>short-stemmed; rosettes dense. <b>Leaves</b> erect, 120–150 × 18–24 cm; blade glaucous-gray to green, typically cross-zoned; margins nearly straight to crenate, teeth 5–8 mm; apical spine conical, 2–3 cm. <b>Scape</b> 7–9 m. <b>Inflorescences</b>: lateral branches 20–30. <b>Flowers</b> 7–8.5 cm; perianth tube 13–14 mm; ovary 3.5–4 cm. <b>Capsules</b> not seen. <b>Seeds</b> unknown. <b>2n</b> = 120.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Sandy places in desert scrub and grasslands
|elevation=500–1300 m
|distribution=Ariz.;w Mexico.
|discussion=<p>The wild expression of <i>Agave americana </i>var.<i> expansa</i> is technically a variant of <i></i>subsp.<i> americana</i>. A cultivar derived from <i></i>var.<i> expansa</i> was introduced into western Europe, where it was first named. That cultivar is planted occasionally in the warmer regions of the United States; it is not naturalized. The <i></i>var.<i> expansa</i> has never been found in fruit, but it is likely that it itself is an early cultivar developed by pre-Columbian people who established it far to the west of the species range in eastern Mexico. Reproduction in <i></i>var.<i> expansa</i> is strictly vegetative.</p>
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name=Agave americana var. expansa
|authority=(Jacobi) Gentry
|rank=variety
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=Agave abrupta
|basionyms=Agave expansa
|family=Agavaceae
|phenology=Flowering late spring–early summer.
|habitat=Sandy places in desert scrub and grasslands
|elevation=500–1300 m
|distribution=Ariz.;w Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Agave Fam. Sonora,
|publication year=1972
|special status=
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|genus=Agave
|species=Agave americana
|variety=Agave americana var. expansa
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