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Agave seemanniana subs. pygmaea (Gentry) B.Ullrich
Brit. Cact. Succ. J. 10(1): 27. 1992.
Family: AGAVACEAE

Accepted Scientific Name: Agave seemanniana Jacobi
Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. (1869) 154.

Agave seemanniana subs. pygmaea Photo by: Matteo Faggion

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave seemanniana Jacobi
Abh. Schles. Ges. Vaterl. Cult., Abth. Naturwiss. (1869) 154.
Synonymy: 10
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Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Agave seemanniana group

  • Agave seemanniana Jacobi: has compact, small to medium-sized non-suckering rosettes. Leaves broad plane glaucousgreen, markedly narrowed at the base. It is rather variable. Distribution: Southern Mexico to northern Nicaragua.
  • Agave seemanniana subs. pygmaea (Gentry) B.Ullrich: has small rosettes rarely exceeding 30 cm in diameter and often offsetting. Distribution: Mexico, Chiapas, 45 km North of Mexico-Guatemala border along the Pan-American highway.


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