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Agave horrida subs. perotensis B.Ullrich
Cact. Suc. Mex. 35: 80. 1990
Family: AGAVACEAE

Agave horrida subs. perotensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave horrida subs. perotensis B.Ullrich
Cact. Suc. Mex. 35: 80. 1990
Synonymy: 2 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave horrida Lem. ex Jacobi
Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung xx. (1864) 546.
Synonymy: 21 Accepted name in llifle Database:
Agave horrida f. nana hort.

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Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Horrid Hardy Century Plant, Perote wicked agave, wicked agave
SPANISH (Español): Maguey

Subspecies, varieties, forms and cultivars of plants belonging to the Agave horrida group

  • Agave horrida Lem. ex Jacobi: Distribution: Central mexico.
  • Agave horrida forma nanaAgave horrida f. nana hort.: Dwarf conpact plant with strongly armed leaf margins. Cultivated form.
  • Agave horrida subs. perotensis B.Ullrich: Small to medium sized Agave, with solitary and compact rosettes. Leaves rigid, strongly armed. up to 25-40 cm long. Distribution: area between Perote in the state of Veracruz and Zacatepec just over the border with the state of Puebla.

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Agave horrida subs. perotensis Photo by: Matteo Faggion
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( a.k.a. A. obscura ''Perote'' ) A young specimen at the end of winter rest Photo by: Cactus Art

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Agave horrida subs. perotensis Photo by: Cactus Art
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Agave horrida subs. perotensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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Agave horrida subs. perotensis Photo by: Cactus Art
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Agave horrida subs. perotensis Photo by: Cactus Art

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Agave horrida subs. perotensis Photo by: Cactus Art
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Agave horrida subs. perotensis Photo by: Valentino Vallicelli

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