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Agave gypsophila

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Agave gypsophila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species:
A. gypsophila
Binomial name
Agave gypsophila
Gentry,1982

Agave gypsophila (common names - gypsum century plant, blue wave agave[2]) is a species of plant in the Asparagaceae family and is endemic to the Mexican state of Guerrero.[3] The specific epithet, gypsophila, means gypsum loving.

Agave gypsophila was described by Howard Scott Gentry in 1982.[4] In 2013, J. Antonio Vazquez-Garcıa, et al. proposed a narrower circumscription of Agave gypsophila based on both ecological and morphological characteristics. The Agave gypsophila sens. lat. (in the broad sense) of Howard Scott Gentry was divided into five species: Agave abisaii, A. andreae, A. gypsophila sens. strict. (in the strict sense), A. kristenii and A. pablocarrillioi[3]. All five species are narrow range endemics in south west Mexico.

Conservation

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Agave gypsophila is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. In the very restricted extent of occurrence, Agave gypsophila is locally abundant but threatened by a reduction in habitat quality and habitat destruction for agriculture and infrastructure. Agave gypsophila does not occur in any protected areas.[1]

In horticulture

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The plants cultivated around the world as Agave gypsophila are considered to be mostly Agave pablocarrilloi.[5] The photographs on this page are most probably images of Agave pablocarrilloi.

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References

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  1. ^ a b García-Mendoza, A.J.; Sandoval-Gutiérrez, D. (2019). "Agave gypsophila". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T115629255A116353908.en. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  2. ^ "Agave gypsophila (Gypsum Century Plant)". World of Succulents. 25 December 2018. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  3. ^ a b Vazquez-Garcıa, J. Antonio; Muniz-Castro, Miguel A; Sahagun-Godınez, Eduardo; Chazaro-Basanez, Miguel de J; De Castro-Arce, Ernesto; Nieves-Hernandez, Gregorio; Padilla-Lepe, Jesus (2013). "Four New Species of Agave (Agavaceae) of the Marmoratae Group". Systematic Botany. 38 (2): 320–331. doi:10.1600/036364413X666642. S2CID 84639643 – via JSTOR.
  4. ^ Gentry, Howard Scott (1982). Agaves of Continental North America. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press. pp. 510–512. ISBN 0816523959.
  5. ^ "Agave gypsophila, Gypsum Century Plant, Succulent, [A. pablocarrilloi]". www.smgrowers.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.