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]
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Scientific classification 
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| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Agave |
| Species: | A. xylonacantha
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Description
editAgave 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:
References
edit- ^ 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.