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Details for: Agave sisalana
Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.

Name: Agave sisalana Perrine
Nomencl. ref.: Cogr. Doc. 564: 87. 1838
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Lilianae
                         Ordo - Asparagales
                              Familia - Asparagaceae
                                   Genus - Agave L.
                                       
Homotypic synonyms: Agave rigida var. sisalana (Perrine) Engelm.
Heterotypic synonyms: Agave amaniensis Trel. & Nowell
Agave segurae D. Guillot & P. Van Der Meer
Agave sisalana var. armata Trel.
Agave sisalana f. armata (Trel.) Trel.
Taxon Notes: Probably a sterile cultivar derived from A. vivipara.
 
Common names: pita (Spanish, Castillian), sisal (Catalan), sisal (Spanish, Castillian)[Credits]
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: [Ca Hs Li]