Agave mitis

Agave mitis, Walter Hood Fitch

Life-forms

Classification System: APG IV

Superregnum: Eukaryota
Cladus: Orthokaryota
Cladus: Neokaryota
Cladus: Photokaryota
Cladus: Diaphoretickes
Cladus: CAM
Regnum*: Archaeplastida
Regnum: Plantae
Cladus: Angiosperms
Cladus: Monocota
Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species: Agave mitis
Name

Agave mitis Mart., 1848
Synonyms

Homotypic
Agave micracantha var. mitis (Mart.) A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 25 (1885), nom. superfl.
Heterotypic
Agave celsii Hook., Bot. Mag. 82: t. 4934 (1856).
Agave rupicola Regel, Gartenflora 7: 312 (1858).
Agave micracantha Salm-Dyck, Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 93 (1859).
Agave micracantha var. albidior Salm-Dyck, Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 93 (1859).
Agave rupicola var. brevifolia Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1858: 26 (1859).
Agave rupicola var. longifolia Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1858: 26 (1859).
Agave rupicola var. rubridentata Regel, Index Seminum (LE, Petropolitanus) 1858: 26 (1859).
Agave celsiana Cels, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 1861: 335 (1861).
Agave concinna Tonel ex K.Koch, Wochenschr. Vereines Beford. Gartenbaues Konigl. Preuss. Staaten 5: 198 (1862), nom. illeg.
Agave oblongata K.Koch, Wochenschr. Vereines Beförd. Gartenbaues Königl. Preuss. Staaten 5: 198 (1862).
Agave densiflora Regel, Gartenflora 12: 274 (1863), nom. illeg.
Agave albicans Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 256 (1865).
Agave bouchei Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 217 (1865).
Agave ehrenbergii Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 255 (1865).
Agave goeppertiana Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 22: 219 (1866).
Agave haseloffii Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 22: 220 (1866).
Agave ousselghemiana Jacobi, Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. 1869: 156 (1869).
Agave micracantha var. picta J.Croucher ex R.Hogg, Florist & Pomol. 27: 135 (1874).
Agave botterii Baker, Bot. Mag. 102: t. 6248 (1876).
Agave macrantha Tod., Hort. Bot. Panorm. 2: 11 (1879).
Agave bollii A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 25 (1885), nom. superfl.
Agave bollii var. celsii (Hook.) A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 25 (1885).
Agave macroacantha var. concinna A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 29 (1885).
Agave macroacantha var. macrantha (Tod.) A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 29 (1885).
Agave micracantha var. albicans (Jacobi) A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 25 (1885).
Agave mitis var. albicans (Jacobi) A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 25 (1885).
Agave rupicola var. bouchei (Jacobi) A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 24 (1885).
Agave sartorii var. oblongata (K.Koch) A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 23 (1885).
Agave albicans var. ctenophora Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 236 (1914).
Agave albicans var. mediopicta Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 236 (1914).
Agave celsii var. albicans (Jacobi) Gentry, Agaves Cont. N. Amer.: 223 (1982).
Agave mitis var. albidior (Salm-Dyck) B.Ullrich, Succulentes 16(1): 32 (1993), contrary to Art. 41.5. (ICN, 2012)

Distribution
Native distribution areas:

Continental: Northern America
Regional: Mexico
Mexico (SE. Coahuila to N. Puebla)

References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition
References

Martius, C.F.P. von , 1848. Index Seminum (M, Monacensis) 1848: 4

Links

Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Agave mitis in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 04. Reference page.
International Plant Names Index. 2019. Agave mitis. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 04 2019. Reference page.
The Plant List 2013. Agave mitis in The Plant List Version 1.1. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 04.
Tropicos.org 2019. Agave mitis. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 04 Jan. 2019.

Vernacular names

Agave mitis is a plant species native to the Mexican states of Hidalgo, Tamaulipas and San Luis Potosí,[4] referred to as Agave celsii in many publications.[2][5]

Agave mitis forms rosettes of blue-green to yellow-green, fleshy leaves up to 60 cm (2 feet) long. The leaves have soft brown spines not nearly as imposing as those of other agaves.[6][7] The flowering stalk is up to 2.5 m (8 feet) tall, with the flowers closely appressed against the stem forming a narrow column much more compact than most other species of the genus. Flowers are green, each up to 60 mm (2.4 inches) long.[8]

Because the species is widespread and grows in several protected areas, it is not considered by the IUCN to be threatened.[1]
References

Hernández Sandoval, L.; Zamudio, S.; González-Elizondo, M.; Matías-Palafox, M.; Hernández-Martínez, M.; Sánchez, E. (2019). "Agave mitis". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T115646230A116354143. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T115646230A116354143.en. Retrieved 19 November 2021.
"Agave mitis", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2012-12-12
"The Plant List: A Working List of All Plant Species".
Rare Palm Seeds
Eggli, U. (ed.) (2001). Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons: 1-354. Springer-Verlag, Berlin, Heidelberg, New York.
Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of Continental North America. Tucson.
San Marcos Growers
Yuccagarten Mannheim Botanischer Garten, Agavaceae Nolinaceae Cactaceae, Mannheim, Germany