Agave gypsophila
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Plantae
Clade: Tracheophytes
Clade: Angiosperms
Clade: Monocots
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Subfamily: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Species:
A. gypsophila
Binomial name
Agave gypsophila
Gentry,1982

Agave gypsophila (common names - gypsum century plant, blue wave agave[2]) is a species of plant in the Asparagaceae family and is endemic to the Mexican state of Guerrero.[3] The specific epithet, gypsophila, means gypsum loving.

Agave gypsophila was described by Howard Scott Gentry in 1982.[4] In 2013, J. Antonio Vazquez-Garcıa, et al. proposed a narrower circumscription of Agave gypsophila based on both ecological and morphological characteristics. The Agave gypsophila sens. lat. (in the broad sense) of Howard Scott Gentry was divided into five species: Agave abisaii, A. andreae, A. gypsophila sens. strict. (in the strict sense), A. kristenii and A. pablocarrillioi[3]. All five species are narrow range endemics in south west Mexico.

Conservation

Agave gypsophila is listed as Critically Endangered by the IUCN. In the very restricted extent of occurrence, Agave gypsophila is locally abundant but threatened by a reduction in habitat quality and habitat destruction for agriculture and infrastructure. Agave gypsophila does not occur in any protected areas.[1]

In horticulture

The plants cultivated around the world as Agave gypsophila are considered to be mostly Agave pablocarrilloi.[5] The photographs on this page are most probably images of Agave pablocarrilloi.

References

  1. 1 2 García-Mendoza, A.J. & Sandoval-Gutiérrez, D. (2019). "Agave gypsophila". The IUCN Red List of Threatened Species. doi:10.2305/IUCN.UK.2019-3.RLTS.T115629255A116353908.en. Retrieved 8 December 2021.{{cite journal}}: CS1 maint: date and year (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  2. ↑ "Agave gypsophila (Gypsum Century Plant)". World of Succulents. 25 December 2018. Archived from the original on 5 March 2021. Retrieved 8 December 2021.
  3. 1 2 Vazquez-Garcıa, J. Antonio; Muniz-Castro, Miguel A; Sahagun-Godınez, Eduardo; Chazaro-Basanez, Miguel de J; De Castro-Arce, Ernesto; Nieves-Hernandez, Gregorio; Padilla-Lepe, Jesus (2013). "Four New Species of Agave (Agavaceae) of the Marmoratae Group". Systematic Botany. 38 (2): 320–331. doi:10.1600/036364413X666642. S2CID 84639643 – via JSTOR.
  4. ↑ Gentry, Howard Scott (1982). Agaves of Continental North America. Tucson: The University of Arizona Press. pp. 510–512. ISBN 0816523959.
  5. ↑ "Agave gypsophila, Gypsum Century Plant, Succulent, [A. pablocarrilloi]". www.smgrowers.com. Retrieved 15 December 2021.


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