Species of flowering plant
Agave shrevei
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Agave shrevei subsp. shrevei
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Conservation status
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Least Concern (IUCN 3.1)[1]
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Scientific classification
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Kingdom:
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Plantae
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Clade:
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Tracheophytes
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Clade:
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Angiosperms
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Clade:
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Monocots
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Order:
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Asparagales
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Family:
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Asparagaceae
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Subfamily:
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Agavoideae
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Genus:
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Agave
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Species:
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A. shrevei
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Binomial name
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Agave shrevei
Gentry
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Subspecies
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- Agave shrevei subsp. matapensis Gentry
- Agave shrevei subsp. magna Gentry
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Agave shrevei is a member of the family Asparagaceae, indigenous to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico, along the boundary between the states of Chihuahua and Sonora.[2][3][4] Two subspecies are currently recognized, although a third has been proposed (A. shrevei subsp. magna H.S. Gentry).[5]
- ^ González-Elizondo, M.; Puente, R.; Hernández Sandoval, L.; Zamudio, S.; Hernández-Martínez, M.; Matías-Palafox, M.; Sánchez, E. (2019). "Agave shrevei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T115691000A116354478. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T115691000A116354478.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
- ^ Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
- ^ H.S. Gentry, Publications of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 527:95. 1942
- ^ The Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte
- ^ Gentry H.S. 1971. The Agave family in Sonora. USDA Agricultural Handbook 399.