Agave phillipsiana ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung der Agaven (Agave). Ein englischer Trivialname ist „Grand Canyon Agave“.
Agave phillipsiana formt große, offene Rosetten mit einer Wuchshöhe von 75 bis 100 cm und einem Durchmesser von 75 bis 100 cm. Sie bildet reichlich rhizomatöse Ableger. Die lanzettförmigen, variabel angeordneten, grünen bis bläulichen Blätter sind 76 bis 78 cm lang und 10 bis 11 cm breit. Die braunen bis grauen Blattränder sind unregelmäßig gezahnt. Der braune bis graue Enddorn ist 2,5 bis 4 cm lang.
Der rispige Blütenstand wird 4 bis 5,5 m hoch. Die grünen bis cremefarbenen Blüten sind 32 bis 45 mm lang und erscheinen am oberen Teil des Blütenstandes an unregelmäßig angeordneten, lockeren Verzweigungen. Die Blütenröhre ist 15 bis 20 mm lang.
Die Blütezeit reicht von August bis September.
Agave phillipsiana wächst endemisch in Arizona im inneren Grand Canyon an steinigen offenen Hängen, in offenem Waldland in 700 bis 1150 m Höhe. Sie ist im Tapeals Creek in 1090 m Höhe mit Sclerocactus parviflorus subsp. havasupaiensis, Opuntia engelmannii und Yucca baccata vergesellschaftet.
Die Erstbeschreibung durch Wendy C. Hodgson ist 2001 veröffentlicht worden.[1]
Agave phillipsiana ist ein Vertreter der Sektion Ditepalae. Sie ist extrem selten und nur einige kleine Kolonien wachsen in einem geografisch isolierten Gebiet im inneren Grand Canyon in Arizona. Die Art bildet große offene Rosetten mit zahlreichen rhizomatösen Ablegern. Sie ist mit Agave delamateri und Agave palmeri verwandt, es sind aber Unterschiede in Größe, Form, Blatt- und Blütenstruktur erkennbar. Die im Osten des inneren Grand Canyon vorkommende Agave utahensis subsp. kaibabensis besiedelt kältere Regionen und ist insgesamt kleiner.
Agave phillipsiana wird im Desert Botanic Garden in Tucson, Arizona, kultiviert.
Agave phillipsiana ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung der Agaven (Agave). Ein englischer Trivialname ist „Grand Canyon Agave“.
Agave phillipsiana is a rare species of flowering plant in the asparagus family known by the common names Grand Canyon century plant and Phillips agave. It is endemic to Arizona in the United States, where it lives only in Grand Canyon National Park.[1][2] It is a perennial herb or shrub.[3]
This plant forms one or more rosettes of large lance-shaped green to gray-green leaves with teeth along the edges and spines at the tips. The leaf blades grow up to 78 centimeters long by 11 wide. The flowering stalk grows up to 5.5 meters tall. The branching inflorescence has clusters of many flowers each 7 or 8 centimeters wide or more which are greenish and cream-colored with hints of maroon. Long stamens protrude from the flower corollas.[1]
There are four occurrences of this plant, all within Grand Canyon National Park, where they grow on terraces next to rivers. Some occurrences are in locations inhabited by indigenous peoples long ago, who may have farmed the plant and selected it for its ease of propagation and harvest.[1]
The plant's numbers are low but it grows in rugged terrain in a national park, which may protect it somewhat from human threats.[4] It grows in sandy, gravelly, rocky soils in desert scrub, slopes, and hillsides.[5]
Agave phillipsiana is a rare species of flowering plant in the asparagus family known by the common names Grand Canyon century plant and Phillips agave. It is endemic to Arizona in the United States, where it lives only in Grand Canyon National Park. It is a perennial herb or shrub.
This plant forms one or more rosettes of large lance-shaped green to gray-green leaves with teeth along the edges and spines at the tips. The leaf blades grow up to 78 centimeters long by 11 wide. The flowering stalk grows up to 5.5 meters tall. The branching inflorescence has clusters of many flowers each 7 or 8 centimeters wide or more which are greenish and cream-colored with hints of maroon. Long stamens protrude from the flower corollas.
There are four occurrences of this plant, all within Grand Canyon National Park, where they grow on terraces next to rivers. Some occurrences are in locations inhabited by indigenous peoples long ago, who may have farmed the plant and selected it for its ease of propagation and harvest.
The plant's numbers are low but it grows in rugged terrain in a national park, which may protect it somewhat from human threats. It grows in sandy, gravelly, rocky soils in desert scrub, slopes, and hillsides.
Agave phillipsiana là một loài thực vật có hoa trong họ Măng tây. Loài này được W.C.Hodgs. mô tả khoa học đầu tiên năm 2001.[1]
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