Author: |
Eizi Matuda,
1955 |
Family: |
AGAVACEAE* |
Origin: |
Oaxaca,
Mexico |
Soil: |
Mix |
Water:
|
Minimum |
Sun: |
Maximum |
Thickness: |
30
Centimetres |
Height: |
9
Meters |
Flower:
|
White |
Propagate: |
Seeds/Clones |
Names:
|
- |
Synonyms: |
By
mistake: Furcraea
macdougali and
Furcraea macdougalii. |
This member of the
Agavaceae family was described by Eizi Matuda in 1955. It is found in
Oaxaca, Mexico. It preferring a well drained soil with little water and
lots of sun. The plant can reach nine meters in height with a caudex
30 centimetres in diameter. The flowers
are white, and the plant can be reproduced both by seeds and clones
from the flower stalk.
The genera name after Antoine
de Fourcroy, a French chemist. The species name after John Macdougal,
botanist with the Missouri Botanical Gardens.
')Accordantly to
the latest taxonomic system; APG IV 2016, Agavaceae
is now part of the Asparagaceae.
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