Agave Linnaeus 1753

Angiospermae - Mesangiosperms - Liliaceae

Full reference: C. Linnaeus. 1753. Species Plantarum (exhibentes Plantas Rite Cognitas ad Genera Relatas cum Diferentiis Specificis, Nominibus Trivialibus, Synonymis Selectis, Locis Natalibus secundum Systema Sexuale digestas). 1-1200

Parent taxon: Liliaceae according to C. B. Ettinghausen 1880

Sister taxa: Albucastrum, Aletris, Amana, Brachyruscus, Cretovarium, Crinanthus, Gloriosa, Gloriosites, Liliacidites, Majanthemophyllum, Smilacophyllum

Subtaxa: Agave americana Agave eocenica Agave foetida Agave virginica Agave vivipara

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Type: Agave americana

Ecology: "photoautotroph"

Distribution: found only at The London Clay Flora - Sheppey (Eocene of the United Kingdom)

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