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Agave potatorum Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico

Family: AGAVACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Agave potatorum
Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16(2): 675 1833

Agave potatorum Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

Synonyms:

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave potatorum Zucc.
Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16(2): 675 1833
Synonymy: 6 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave potatorum f. compacta hort.

Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave potatorum var. verschaffeltii A.Berger in A.Berger
Agaven 186, fig. 60 1915

Cultivars (5):
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Agave potatorum group

  • Agave potatorumAgave potatorum Zucc.: Small Agave, growing solitary or slowly clumping, that forms an compact to open symmetrical succulent rosette. It is a very polymorphic species with a large range of variability and the size.
  • Agave potatorum forma compatta ('compact form)Agave potatorum f. compacta hort.: Dwarf cultivated form that grows eventually up to 20(-30) cm tall and in diameter. The leaves have distinct showy bud-imprints.
  • Agave potatorum Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico: This population has very nice bright orange marginal teeth.
  • Agave verschaffeltii (A. potatorum)Agave potatorum var. verschaffeltii A.Berger in A.Berger: The old name ''verschaffeltii '' is still in use to distinguish plants with sinuous leaf margins and with teeth atop of outward-projecting bumps.
  • Agave potatorum cv. Cubic: The leaves grow as if 2 leaves are fused together resulting in some of them having a 4 angled appearance and forming a square shape. Marginal spines can grow on up to all four of the leaf sides.
  • Agave potatorum ''Kichijokan'' (marginata alba)Agave potatorum cv. Kichijokan: Variegated form with amazing symmetrical lotus like leaf pattern. The leaves have lateral, creamy-coloured variegations. Nice imprints are present on the back side of the leaves. The edges have large rusty coloured teeth and are a purplish/maroonish colour.
  • Agave potatorum cv. Shoji-Raijin hort.: Also called 'Blue rose' it is tiny rosette of plump blue leaves that stay very small and compact. It produces offsets and forms a small clump of 6-7 cm rosettes. Mature plants stays in 10 cm pots only.
  • Agave potatorum cv. Shoji-Raijin variegata marginata hort.: Has a creamy-white or pale-green irregular stripe on the edge of the leaf.
  • Agave potatorum cv. Shoji-Raijin variegata mediopicta hort.: Has a broad white band down the centre of each leaf.

15312 valentino Valentino Vallicelli
Agave potatorum Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Agave potatorum Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Agave potatorum Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli
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Agave potatorum Tlaxiaco, Oaxaca, Mexico Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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