View source for Agave americana subsp. protamericana

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|accepted_name=Agave americana subsp. protamericana
|accepted_authority=Gentry
|publications={{Treatment/Publication
|title=Agaves Continental N. Amer.,
|place=287, figs. 12.1, 12.3–12.5, 12.8, 12.12, 12.14, 12.15, plate 12.1. 1982
|year=1982
}}
|common_names=Wild century plant
|basionyms=
|synonyms=
|hierarchy=Agavaceae;Agave;Agave americana;Agave americana subsp. protamericana
|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>subspecies</small>[[Agave americana subsp. protamericana]]</div></div>
|volume=Volume 26
|mention_page=
|treatment_page=page 453
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--><span class="statement" id="st-undefined" data-properties=""><b>Plants </b>acaulescent or short-stemmed, trunks less than 1 m; rosettes open. <b>Leaves</b> frequently reflexed, 80–135 × 17–22 cm; blade light green to glaucous-gray, sometimes cross-zoned, broadly lanceolate, adaxially plane or guttered, abaxially convex; margins crenate, teeth, 5–10 mm; apical spine subulate, 3–6 cm. <b>Scape</b> 6–8 m. <b>Inflorescences</b>: lateral branches 15–20. <b>Flowers</b> 7.5–9 cm; perianth tube 15–20 mm; ovary 4–4.5 cm. <b>Capsules</b> 3.5–4 cm. <b>Seeds</b> 7–8 mm.</span><!--

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|phenology=Flowering early spring–early summer.
|habitat=Sandy places in desert scrub
|elevation=200 m
|distribution=Tex.;ne Mexico.
|discussion=<p>The Starr County, Texas, plants of <i></i>subsp.<i> protamericana</i> are smaller in stature than those seen in Mexican populations but appear to belong to this wild taxon.</p>
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name=Agave americana subsp. protamericana
|authority=Gentry
|rank=subspecies
|parent rank=species
|synonyms=
|basionyms=
|family=Agavaceae
|phenology=Flowering early spring–early summer.
|habitat=Sandy places in desert scrub
|elevation=200 m
|distribution=Tex.;ne Mexico.
|reference=None
|publication title=Agaves Continental N. Amer.,
|publication year=1982
|special status=
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|genus=Agave
|species=Agave americana
|subspecies=Agave americana subsp. protamericana
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