Agave (/əˈɡɑːveɪ/[1] or /əˈɡeɪviː/[2]) is a genus o monocots. The plants are perennial, but each rosette flouers ance an then dies (see semelparity). Some species are kent bi the name century plant.[3]
In the APG III seestem, the genus is placed in the subfamily Agavoideae o the broadly circumscribed faimily Asparagaceae.[4] Some authors prefer tae place it in the segregate faimily Agavaceae. Tradeetionally, it wis circumscribed tae be componed o aboot 166 species, but it is nou uisually unnerstuid tae hae aboot 208 species.[5]
Agave (/əˈɡɑːveɪ/ or /əˈɡeɪviː/) is a genus o monocots. The plants are perennial, but each rosette flouers ance an then dies (see semelparity). Some species are kent bi the name century plant.
In the APG III seestem, the genus is placed in the subfamily Agavoideae o the broadly circumscribed faimily Asparagaceae. Some authors prefer tae place it in the segregate faimily Agavaceae. Tradeetionally, it wis circumscribed tae be componed o aboot 166 species, but it is nou uisually unnerstuid tae hae aboot 208 species.