Agave toumeyana

Agave toumeyana is a plant species endemic to central Arizona.[2]

Agave toumeyana
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species:
A. toumeyana
Binomial name
Agave toumeyana

The species forms dense clumps of rosettes, rarely more than 50 cm high. Flowering stalks can reach 3 meters, bearing greenish-white flowers.[2][3][4] Plant was named in honor of James W. Toumey.[5]

References

  1. Salywon, A. (2019). "Agave toumeyana". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T115698297A116354563. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T115698297A116354563.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. Flora of North America, v 26, p 447.
  3. Trelease, William. Contributions from the U.S. National Herbarium 23: 140. 1920
  4. Gentry, Howard Scott (1998). Agaves of Continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
  5. Thornber, J. J. "The Toumey Cactus Garden." The Plant World 9, no. 12 (1906): 273–77. Accessed April 23, 2020. https://www.jstor.org/stable/43476556
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