Agave salmiana
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Agave salmiana (also known as maguey pulquero and green maguey)[5] is a species of the family Asparagaceae, native to central and southern Mexico. It is also reportedly naturalized in South Africa, Italy and Spain, specially in the Canary Islands.[6][7]
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Agave salmiana | |
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Agave salmiana in San Francisco Botanical Garden | |
Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
Genus: | Agave |
Species: | A. salmiana |
Binomial name | |
Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck[2] | |
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This species, also called agave of Salm or Salm-Dick, is dedicated to the German prince and botanist Joseph zu Salm-Reifferscheidt-Dyck (1773-1861).[citation needed]