Details for: NA 87752, Agave americana L., 'Opal'

Summary Data

Taxonomy:

Agave americana L.

Cultivar:

'Opal'

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

May 2024

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Availability

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Core Passport Data

Taxonomy:

Agave americana L.

Cultivar:

'Opal'

Origin:

–

Maintained:

National Arboretum

Received by NPGS:

May 2024

Improvement Status:

Cultivar

Form Received:

Plant

Life Form:

Perennial

Source History

Accession Names and Identifiers

'Opal'

Type: Cultivar name

NA 87752

Type: Site identifier

Group: NA

U.S. National Arboretum

Narrative

Full name as recorded at the U.S. National Arboretum: Agave americana 'Opal'. Received as Agave 'Opal'.

Agave americana L.

Genus:

Agave

Family:

Asparagaceae

Subfamily:

Agavoideae

Nomen number:

1690

Place of publication:

Sp. pl. 1:323. 1753

Typification:

View in Linnean Typification Project

Verified:

02/26/2012 by ARS Systematic Botanists.

Other conspecific taxa

Agave americana L. subsp. americana (0 active accession[s])
Agave americana L. subsp. americana var. americana (0 active accession[s])
Agave americana L. subsp. americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry (0 active accession[s])
Agave americana L. subsp. americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A. Terracc. (0 active accession[s])
Agave americana L. subsp. protamericana Gentry (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

Heterotypic Synonym(s)
Agave rasconensis Trel. ex Standl.
Agave zonata Trel.

Common names

Language	Name	seq	Citation
English	American agave	1	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
English	American-aloe	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
English	century-plant	1	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Afrikaans	garingboom	2	Henderson, L. 2001. Alien weeds and invasive plants: a complete guide to declared weeds and invaders in South Africa. Plant Protection Research Institute, Handbook 12
German	hundert-jährige Agave	2	Erhardt, W. et al. 2008. Der große Zander: Enzyklopädie der Pflanzennamen 2:1184.
Spanish	maguey	2	Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. 1976. Hortus third. A concise dictionary of plants cultivated in the United States and Canada
Swedish	agave	2	Aldén, B., S. Ryman, & M. Hjertson. 2012. Svensk Kulturväxtdatabas, SKUD (Swedish Cultivated and Utility Plants Database; online resource)

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