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Thread-leaf Agave

Agave schidigera

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Where it is recorded

Records by month in Mexico.January 35, February 23, March 41, April 59, May 34, June 37, July 33, August 43, September 26, October 34, November 29, December 32.
Mexico426
Guanajuato146
Jalisco79
San Luis Potosi51
Durango42
Chihuahua27
Sinaloa27
Zacatecas21
Aguascalientes16
Hidalgo4

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Classification

KingdomPlants · Plantae
PhylumVascular Plants · Tracheophyta
Classmonocots · Liliopsida
OrderAgaves, Orchids, Irises, and Allies · Asparagales
Familyagave and allies · Asparagaceae
Genuscentury plants · Agave

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