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Agave americana L. (subsp. americana) var. expansa (Jacobi) gentry (Agavaceae) naturalized in South Africa
The Mexican Agave americana L.
subsp. americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry, a
distinctive variety of the widely cultivated, blueleaved
century plant, is here recorded as having
become established in South Africa. A description
and key that can be used to distinguish it from
A. americana (subsp. americana) var. americana,
which is more widely naturalized in South and
southern Africa, is provided.
Es wird mitgeteilt, dass die
mexikanische Agave americana L. subsp.
americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry, eine gut
zu unterscheidende Varietät der weit verbreitet
kultivierten blaublättrigen Agave, sich in
Südafrika etabliert hat. Der Beitrag umfasst eine
Beschreibung sowie einen Schlüssel, um sie von
der in Südafrika sowie im südlichen Afrika weiter
verbreitet naturalisierten A. americana (subsp.
americana) var. americana zu unterscheiden.