Taxonomic review of the Agave potatorum Zucc. (Agavaceae) complex: new taxa and neotypification

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  • Abisaí Josué García-Mendoza Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.21829/abm91.2010.292

Keywords:

Agavaceae, Agave nussaviorum, Agave potatorum, Mexico, Oaxaca

Abstract

The Agave potatorum complex, of group Hiemiflorae, is revised. Two new taxa from Oaxaca, Agave nussaviorum and A. nussaviorum subsp. deltoidea, are described and illustrated. The new species is compared with Agave seemanniana Jacobi and A. potatorum Zucc. Information concerning its distribution, ethnobotany, and phenology, and an identification key to the taxa of the complex are provided.

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Author Biography

Abisaí Josué García-Mendoza,

Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México

Jardín Botánico, Instituto de Biología

References

Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America. University of Arizona Press. Tucson, Arizona. 670 pp. DOI: https://doi.org/10.2307/j.ctv1t4m2h4

López, M. J. 2008. Estudio etnobotánico en el municipio de Santo Domingo Yodohino, Distrito de Huajuapan de León, Oaxaca. Tesis de licenciatura. Universidad Autónoma Chapingo. Chapingo, Estado de México. 220 pp.

Vásquez, G. 2006. Aprovechamiento integral del maguey pulquero (Agave salmiana) en Santa María Tlahuitoltepec Mixe Oaxaca. Tesis de licenciatura. Universidad Autónoma Chapingo. Chapingo, Estado de México. 103 pp.

Zuccarini, J. G. 1833. Über einige Pflanzen aus den Gattungen Agave und Fourcroya. Nova Acta Phys.-Med. Acad. Caes. Leop.-Carol. Nat. Cur. 16(2): 659-679, tab. 48-51.

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Published

2010-04-01

How to Cite

García-Mendoza, A. J. (2010). Taxonomic review of the Agave potatorum Zucc. (Agavaceae) complex: new taxa and neotypification. Acta Botanica Mexicana, (91), 71–93. https://doi.org/10.21829/abm91.2010.292
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No. 91 (2010)

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