Group: Monocot Rank: species Herbarium Placement: Lehmann, lower, C, 38H     

Published In: Tropical Plants - 25th Congres, 2d session [Rep. no. 564] Ho. of Reps. Dr. Henry Perrine 8, 9, 16, 47, 60, 86. 1838. (Trop. Pl.)
Annotation: nom. nud.

Type-Protologue

Locality: Cultivated in the vicinity of Merida

Distribution: cult.

Higher Taxa:     Taxonomy Browser
Concept: Andean Bryophytes Bolivia Checklist Bryophyte Herbarium Flora Mesoamericana Madagascar Catalogue Moss Flora of China System Vascular Herbarium

• class:  Equisetopsida C. Agardh
• subclass:  Magnoliidae Novák ex Takht.
• superorder:  Lilianae Takht.
• order:  Asparagales Link
• family:  Asparagaceae Juss.
• subfamily:  Agavoideae Herb.
• genus:  Agave L.

Combinations for this basionym:

Agave rigida var. sisalana (Perrine) Engelm. Transactions of the Academy of Science of St. Louis 3: 316. 1875. (Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis)

Common Names:

• hemp-plant (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr 1995. (none). Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.
• jian ma (Pinyin, China)
  • Flora of China Editorial Committee, 2000. (none). Fl. China Vol. 24.
• sisal-hemp (English, United States)
  • Brako, L., A.Y. Rossman & D.F. Farr 1995. (none). Sci. Comm. Names 1–294.