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Agave (/ ə ˈ ɡ ɑː v i /; also UK: / ə ˈ ɡ eɪ v i /; [3] Anglo-Hispanic, also US: / ə ˈ ɡ ɑː v eɪ /) [4] is a genus of monocots native to the arid regions of the Americas.The genus is primarily known for its succulent and xerophytic species that typically form large rosettes of strong, fleshy leaves.
Agave ovatifolia grows solitarily with a growth height of 60 to 90 cm and is 80 to 120 cm wide. The bluish to grey, rigid, strong, wide elliptical to oval-shaped leaves are 35 to 4 cm long, 20 to 24 cm wide. The leaf edges are irregularly toothed. The dark grey to black variable tip to jad-dirthorn is 2 to 3 cm long.
Agave filifera Salm-Dyck – Thread-leaf Agave - Querétaro to México State, Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí Agave flexispina Trel. - Chihuahua, Durango
Agave verdensis is a perennial rosette-forming plant with succulent leaves, 50–60 cm tall and wide and producing abundant offsets.The leaves are short-lanceolate to short-oblanceolate, pointed, bluish gray, maroon distally, typicaly with marginal teeth bent downwards but occasionally upright, upturned or recurved.
The leaves of Agave fourcroydes yield a fiber also called henequen, which is suitable for rope and twine but not of as high a quality as sisal. It is the major plantation fiber agave of eastern Mexico, being grown extensively in Yucatán, Veracruz, and Tamaulipas. It is also used to make licor del henequén, a traditional Mexican alcoholic drink.
Agave gigantensis is a large, flowering agave plant found in Baja California Sur, Mexico. Its name is derived from the area of origin, not its large size. The plant is distinguishable by its red and purple leaves during flowering season. It is able to survive in harsh, rocky conditions and prefers dry and warm environments.
Agave amica, formerly Polianthes tuberosa, the tuberose, is a perennial plant in the family Asparagaceae, subfamily Agavoideae, extracts of which are used as a note in perfumery. Now widely grown as an ornamental plant , the species is native to Mexico.
Agavoideae is a subfamily of monocot flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae, order Asparagales.It has previously been treated as a separate family, Agavaceae. [1] The group includes many well-known desert and dry-zone types, such as the agaves and yuccas (including the Joshua tree).