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Agave palmeri (Palmer's century plant)

Wikipedia Abstract

Agave palmeri (also known as Palmer's Century Plant) is an especially large member of the genus Agave, in the family Asparagaceae. It is native to southern Arizona, southwestern New Mexico, Sonora and Chihuahua. The plant is also frequently cultivated as an ornamental in other regions.
View Wikipedia Record: Agave palmeri

Attributes

Allergen Potential [1]  Medium-Low
Leaf Type [2]  Evergreen
Lifespan [3]  Perennial
Structure [2]  Shrub

Protected Areas

Name IUCN Category Area acres Location Species Website Climate Land Use
Chiricahua National Monument V 1421 Arizona, United States
Fort Bowie National Historic Site III 1004 Arizona, United States

Predators

Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (Mexican long-nosed bat)[4]

Providers

Pollinated by 
Leptonycteris yerbabuenae (Mexican long-nosed bat)[4]

External References

USDA Plant Profile

NatureServe Explorer

Citations

Attributes / relations provided by
♦ 1Derived from Allergy-Free Gardening OPALS™, Thomas Leo Ogren (2000)
♦ 2Kattge, J. et al. (2011b) TRY - a global database of plant traits Global Change Biology 17:2905-2935
♦ 3USDA Plants Database, U. S. Department of Agriculture
♦ 4Leptonycteris yerbabuenae, F. Russell Cole and Don E. Wilson, MAMMALIAN SPECIES No. 797, pp. 1-7 (2006)
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Species taxanomy provided by GBIF Secretariat (2022). GBIF Backbone Taxonomy. Checklist dataset https://doi.org/10.15468/39omei accessed via GBIF.org on 2023-06-13; License: CC BY 4.0