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Type: Article
Published: 2013-09-26
Page range: 55–60
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Agave jimenoi (Polycephalae group, Asparagaceae) a new species from the Totonacapan region, Veracruz, Mexico

A new hydrophytic species of Agave from the Tlapacoyan region Veracruz Mexico is described and illustrated. Agave jimenoi belongs to the subgenus Littaea and to the Polycepahalae group it differs from A. gomezpompae in its smaller rosettes hanging s

Abstract

A new hydrophytic species of Agave from the Tlapacoyan region, Veracruz, Mexico, is described and illustrated. Agave jimenoi belongs to the subgenus Littaea, and to the Polycepahalae group, it differs from A. gomezpompae in its smaller rosettes, hanging stems, leaves and inflorescences and glaucous-green pruinose leaves. A distribution map and key to the species of the Polycephalae group is presented.