Agave kerchovei

Plant Characteristics
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Scientific Names

Read about Agave kerchovei in the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture
Agave kerchovei, Lem. Lvs. triangular, spreading, 3—1 x 16-20 in., thick, gray-green, not lined beneath, with channeled gray spine and large spreading triangular teeth joined by a rather wide margin: infl. dense and heavy, 18 ft. S. Mex. G.C. II. 7, p. 527.—Formerly much grown in a number of dissimilar types: var. Beaucarnei (A. Beaucarnei, Lem., A. Lemairei, Hort., A. Kerchovei coarctata, Hort.), with very short lvs.; var. macrodonta, with larger and more hooked teeth; var. distans, with more separated teeth which have a well-developed accessory basal cusp in f. diplacantha, and var. major, with a short branching trunk. Related forms with shorter lvs. and slenderer, sparser infl. are A. triangularis, Jacobi (A. Kerchovei bremfolia, Hort., A. horrida triangularis, Baker), Karstep & Schenck, Veg. Bilder. pl. 46, with prickles much as in A. Kerchovei; and its var. rigidissima (A. rigidissima, Jacobi), with small prickles lacking in f. subintegra. ^CH The above text is from the Standard Cyclopedia of Horticulture. It may be out of date, but still contains valuable and interesting information which can be incorporated into the remainder of the article. Click on "Collapse" in the header to hide this text.

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