Agave × leopoldii
Nothospecies of plant in the genus Agave / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Agave × leopoldii is a hybrid species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae.[1] It is the result of a cross between Agave filifera and Agave schidigera, conducted in the 1870s by W.B. Kellock in Stamford Hill, London, and does not strongly resemble either parent.[2] It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.[3]
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Scientific classification | |
Kingdom: | Plantae |
Clade: | Tracheophytes |
Clade: | Angiosperms |
Clade: | Monocots |
Order: | Asparagales |
Family: | Asparagaceae |
Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
Genus: | Agave |
Species: | A. × leopoldii |
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Agave × leopoldii | |
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