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angustifolia

Taxon

Agave angustifolia Haw.

Protologue Syn. Pl. Succ. 1: 72. 1812BHL pageIPNI
AcceptedGBIF
Least Concern
Agave angustifolia--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

Agave angustifolia--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 002.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

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Agave angustifolia--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 001.jpg

Agave angustifolia--Costa Rica. INBio Parque, San Jose. 22 Feb 02. 001.jpg

By Christopher Davidson

CC-BY-NC-SA-4.0

Native to Belize, Costa Rica, El Salvador, Guatemala, Honduras, Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Nicaragua, Panamá; introduced into Bangladesh, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Caroline Is., Cayman Is., Cuba, East Himalaya, Ecuador, India, Leeward Is., Northern Provinces, Pakistan, Puerto Rico, Queensland, Réunion, South China Sea, St.Helena, Tunisia, Venezuelan Antilles, West Himalaya, Windward Is. (source: POWO). Flora of the World documents 1 occurrence across 1 country.

Distribution

Showing the global range from POWO; no georeferenced specimens for this taxon.

Distribution from Plants of the World Online (POWO). View the accepted name on POWO

Occurrences

No collection number

February 22, 2002

Location

Costa Rica, San Jose (InBio Parque)

Location Remarks

Santo Domingo de Heredia, a suburb of San Jose.

Collectors

No collectors specified

Classification

Kingdom

Plantae

Phylum

Tracheophyta

Class

Liliopsida

Order

Asparagales

Family

Asparagaceae

Genus

Agave

Specific Epithet

angustifolia

Authorship

Haw.

Taxonomic Opinions

GBIFWFOPOWO

Conservation (EDGE)

What is EDGE?

Evolutionary distinctiveness

Lower

ED 0.2

Part of a well-represented branch of the plant tree of life, with many close relatives.

Threat status

Least Concern

IUCN Red List

EDGE score

0.0

Global rank

#327,227 of 335,497

Top 98%

Extinction probability

6%

Source: Flowering plants EDGE assessment →