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Agave sisalana Perrine

Dataset
GBIF Backbone Taxonomy
Rank
SPECIES
Published in
Congr. Doc. 564: 87 (1838)

Classification

kingdom
Plantae
phylum
Tracheophyta
class
Liliopsida
order
Asparagales
family
Asparagaceae
genus
Agave
species
Agave sisalana

Name

Synonyms
Agave amaniensis Trel. & Nowell
Agave rigida subsp. sisalana (Perrine) Engelm.
Agave rigida var. sisalana (Perrine) Engelm.
Agave segurae D.Guillot & P.Van der Meer
Agave sisalana f. armata (Trel.) Trel.
Agave sisalana subsp. armata (Trel.) Trel.
Agave sisalana var. armata Trel.
Furcraea sisaliana Posada-Ar., 1909
Homonyms
Agave sisalana Perrine
Agave sisalana Perrine ex Engelm.
Common names
Agave in English
Agave sisal, Choca, Choka in French
Agave sisal, Sisal in French
Agave sisal, Sisal in French
Echte sisal in Dutch
Hemp Plant in English
Henequén in Spanish
Kitani in language.
Kitani in language.
Maguey de Sisal in Spanish
Maguey de Sisal in language.
Pita in language.
Pita Vlas in language.
Savha in Venda
Sisal in English
Sisal in German
Sisal Hemp in English
Sisal Hemp in English
Sisal Plant in English
Sisal hemp in English
Sisal hemp in English
Sisal-Agave in German
Sisalagave in German
Sisalagave in German
agave in language.
agawa sizalowa in Polish
agáva sisalová in Slovak
agáve sisalová in Czech
century plant in language.
dali in language.
garingboom in Afrikaans
garingboom in Afrikaans
garingboom in language.
hemp-plant in language.
hemp-plant in English
hemp-plant in English
malina in language.
mescal in English
mescal in English
mescal in language.
natali in language.
ndali in language.
sisal in language.
sisal in Spanish
sisal in Portuguese
sisal in language.
sisal in English
sisal agave in English
sisal agave in language.
sisal hemp in language.

Bibliographic References

  1. USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) PLANTS Database (2021da), https://plants.usda.gov/home/plantProfile?symbol=AGSI2
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