Abstract Background and Aims At least seven species of Agave, including A. parryi, were
cultivated prehistorically in Arizona, serving as important sources of food and fibre. Many …

Background–Species of Agave and Furcraea (Agavaceae, Asparagaceae s. lat.) are widely
cultivated as ornamentals in Mediterranean climates. An increasing number is escaping and …

El género Furcraea es miembro de la familia Agavaceae y es endémico de América
Tropical, específicamente de la región andina de Colombia y Venezuela, aunque se le …

Agaves resist extreme heat and drought. In A. tequilana var. azul, the central spike of the
rosette-containing the shoot apical meristem and folded leaves in early stages of …

Three new species of Dasylirion and a new variety of D. longissimum Lem. from the
mountains of northern Mexico are described and illustrated. Two of the new species are from …

Nuclear DNA content in 84 Hosta cultivars was measuredby flow cytometry. As an internal
standard we used the closely related Agave americana, the latter was calibrated against …

Best known as low maintenance houseplants, sansevierias are a diverse group of flowering
plants native to Africa, Madagascar, the Arabian Peninsula, and the Indian subcontinent …

The genus Agave L. belongs to the family Agavaceae which is generally found in arid and
semiarid regions. There are more than 220 species, 159 of which are ubiquitous in Mexico …

Floras serve as the basic reference of the plant biota of an area; they are critical tools that
serve botanists, conservationists, ecologists, foresters, gardeners, agronomists, researchers …

The biogeography of plant–animal interactions is a novel topic on which many disciplines
converge (eg, reproductive biology, biogeography, and evolutionary biology). Narrative …