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| image = Agave shrevei ssp shrevei 1.jpg
| taxon = Agave shrevei
| image_caption = Agave shrevei ssp shrevei
| image = Agave shrevei ssp shrevei 1.jpg
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| image_caption = ''Agave shrevei'' subsp. ''shrevei''
| regnum = [[Plant]]ae
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| authority = [[Howard Scott Gentry|Gentry]]
| divisio = Angiospermae
| subdivision_ranks = Subspecies
| classis = Liliopsida
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| ordo = Asparagales
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* ''Agave shrevei'' subsp. ''matapensis'' <small>[[Howard Scott Gentry|Gentry]]</small>
| familia = [[Agavaceae]]
* ''Agave shrevei'' subsp. ''magna'' <small>[[Howard Scott Gentry|Gentry]]</small>
| genus = ''[[Agave]]''
|status = LC
| species = ''A. shrevei''
|status_system = IUCN3.1
| binomial = ''Agave shrevei''
|status_ref = <ref name="iucn status 20 November 2021">{{cite iucn |author=González-Elizondo, M. |author2=Puente, R. |author3=Hernández Sandoval, L. |author4=Zamudio, S. |author5=Hernández-Martínez, M. |author6=Matías-Palafox, M. |author7=Sánchez, E. |date=2019 |title=''Agave shrevei'' |volume=2019 |page=e.T115691000A116354478 |doi=10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T115691000A116354478.en |access-date=20 November 2021}}</ref>
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| binomial_authority = [[Howard Scott Gentry|Gentry]]
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'''''Agave shrevei''''' Gentry<ref name="asfdgatfrewt"/> is a member of the family [[Agavaceae]], indigenous to the [[Sierra Madre Occidental]] in [[Mexico]], along the boundary between the states of [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]] and [[Sonora]]. <ref>Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.</ref> <ref>The Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte</ref> Two subspecies are currently recognized, although a third has been proposed (''A. shrevei'' subsp. ''magna'' H.S. Gentry).<ref name="asdfasdf">Gentry H.S. 1971. The Agave family in Sonora. USDA Agricultural Handbook 399.</ref>


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'''''Agave shrevei''''' is a member of the family [[Asparagaceae]], indigenous to the [[Sierra Madre Occidental]] in [[Mexico]], along the boundary between the states of [[Chihuahua (state)|Chihuahua]] and [[Sonora]].<ref>Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.</ref><ref name="asfdgatfrewt">H.S. Gentry, Publications of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 527:95. 1942</ref><ref>The Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte</ref> Two subspecies are currently recognized, although a third has been proposed (''A. shrevei'' subsp. ''magna'' H.S. Gentry).<ref name="asdfasdf">Gentry H.S. 1971. The Agave family in Sonora. USDA Agricultural Handbook 399.</ref>

'''''Agave shrevei''''' Gentry, Publ. Carnegie Inst. Washington 527:95. 1942<ref name="asfdgatfrewt">H.S. Gentry, Publications of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 527:95. 1942</ref>

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*''A. shrevei'' subsp. ''shrevei''

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* ''A. shrevei'' subsp. ''matapensis'' [[Howard Scott Gentry|Gentry]], U.S.D.A. Agric. Handb. 399: 155. 1972. <ref name="asdfasdf"/>


== Description ==
== Description ==
''A. shrevei'' subsp. ''matapensis'' grows as an open [[basal]] [[rosette (botany)|rosette]] of 0.7-0.8 inch long, 0.2-0.3 inch wide leaves bearing distinct compaction marks, fringed in small pale spines and tipped with particularly long [[Apical meristem|apical]] needles with bases of up to 0.4 inches wide. Has small pale yellow flowers.
''Agave shrevei'' subsp. ''matapensis'' grows as an open [[Basal (anatomy)|basal]] [[rosette (botany)|rosette]] of 0.7-0.8 inch long, 0.2-0.3 inch wide leaves bearing distinct compaction marks, fringed in small pale spines and tipped with particularly long [[Apical meristem|apical]] needles with bases of up to 0.4 inches wide. Has small pale yellow flowers.


== Cultivation ==
== Cultivation ==
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==Uses==
==Uses==
Some of the indigenous peoples of the region consume the plant as a food source. The immature flowering stalks are sweet and juicy and easy to harvest. People either eat them raw or brew them into alcoholic beverages. The leaf bases are also edible, but require roasting to destroy unpleasant chemical compounds <ref>Laferriere, Joseph E. 1991. Optimal use of ethnobotanical resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico. PhD dissertation, University of Arizona</ref><ref>Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991a. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.</ref>
Some of the indigenous peoples of the region consume the plant as a food source. The immature flowering stalks are sweet and juicy and easy to harvest. People either eat them raw or brew them into alcoholic beverages. The leaf bases are also edible, but require roasting to destroy unpleasant chemical compounds <ref>Laferriere, Joseph E. 1991. Optimal use of ethnobotanical resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico. PhD dissertation, University of Arizona</ref><ref>Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991a. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.</ref>


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==References==
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[[Category:Agave|Shrevei]]
[[Category:Agave|shrevei]]
[[Category:Ethnobotany]]
[[Category:Flora of Chihuahua (state)]]
[[Category:Flora of Chihuahua]]
[[Category:Flora of Sonora]]
[[Category:Flora of Sonora]]

Latest revision as of 22:56, 27 March 2023

Agave shrevei
Agave shrevei subsp. shrevei
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species:
A. shrevei
Binomial name
Agave shrevei
Subspecies
  • Agave shrevei subsp. matapensis Gentry
  • Agave shrevei subsp. magna Gentry

Agave shrevei is a member of the family Asparagaceae, indigenous to the Sierra Madre Occidental in Mexico, along the boundary between the states of Chihuahua and Sonora.[2][3][4] Two subspecies are currently recognized, although a third has been proposed (A. shrevei subsp. magna H.S. Gentry).[5]

Description

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Agave shrevei subsp. matapensis grows as an open basal rosette of 0.7-0.8 inch long, 0.2-0.3 inch wide leaves bearing distinct compaction marks, fringed in small pale spines and tipped with particularly long apical needles with bases of up to 0.4 inches wide. Has small pale yellow flowers.

Cultivation

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Propagates mainly by seed and grows quite slowly compared to larger agaves.

Uses

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Some of the indigenous peoples of the region consume the plant as a food source. The immature flowering stalks are sweet and juicy and easy to harvest. People either eat them raw or brew them into alcoholic beverages. The leaf bases are also edible, but require roasting to destroy unpleasant chemical compounds [6][7]

References

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  1. ^ González-Elizondo, M.; Puente, R.; Hernández Sandoval, L.; Zamudio, S.; Hernández-Martínez, M.; Matías-Palafox, M.; Sánchez, E. (2019). "Agave shrevei". IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. 2019: e.T115691000A116354478. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T115691000A116354478.en. Retrieved 20 November 2021.
  2. ^ Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America. University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
  3. ^ H.S. Gentry, Publications of the Carnegie Institute of Washington 527:95. 1942
  4. ^ The Complete Encyclopedia of Succulents by Zdenek Jezek and Libor Kunte
  5. ^ Gentry H.S. 1971. The Agave family in Sonora. USDA Agricultural Handbook 399.
  6. ^ Laferriere, Joseph E. 1991. Optimal use of ethnobotanical resources by the Mountain Pima of Chihuahua, Mexico. PhD dissertation, University of Arizona
  7. ^ Laferrière, Joseph E., Charles W. Weber and Edwin A. Kohlhepp. 1991a. Use and nutritional composition of some traditional Mountain Pima plant foods. Journal of Ethnobiology 11(1):93-114.
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