Agave
Biologie
Classification
Espèces
- Agave amaniensis
- Agave americana
- Agave angustifolia
- Agave atrovirens
- Agave cantala
- Agave cantula
- Agave decipiens
- Agave deserti
- Agave fourcroydes
- Agave kewensis
- Agave lechuguilla
- Agave lophantha
- Agave mapisaga
- Agave palmeri
- Agave parryi
- Agave quiotifera
- Agave salmiana
- Agave schottii
- Agave shrevei
- Agave sisalana
- Agave striata
- Agave tecta
- Agave tequilana
- Agave utahensis
- Agave victoriae-reginae
- Agave vivipara
- Agave xylonacantha
Usages
De nombreuses espèces ont été étudiées pour la production d'hécogénine, tigogénine et smilagénine, des sapogénines stéroïdiennes d'intérêt pharmaceutique. Parmi elles, Agave amaniensis, americana, aurea, avellanidens, cantala, cerulata, cocui, goldmaniana, lechuguilla, shawii, sisalana et Furcraea macrophylla.
Références
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- Berger, A. 1915. Die Agaven. Verlag von Gustav Fischer, Jena, Germany.
- Colunga-García, Marín, P. and F. May-Pat. 1993. Agave studies in Yucatan, Mexico. I. Past and
present germplasm diversity and uses. Econ. Bot. 47: 312–327.
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fourcroydes, Agavaceae) germplasm and its wild ancestor (A. angustifolia) under uniform growth conditions: diversity and domestication. Amer. J. Bot. 84: 1449–1465.
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variation, diversity, and domestication of wild and cultivated populations of Agave in Yucatan, Mexico. Amer. J. Bot. 83: 1069–1082.
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- Dewey, L.H. 1929. A new variety of henequen without prickles. J. Wash. Acad. Sci. 19: 415–416.
- Dewey, L.H. 1931. Sisal and henequen, plants yielding fiber for binder twine. Circular No. 186, United States Department of Agriculture, Washington, D.C.
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la flora Ibérica, Agave sisalana var. armata Trel. Stud. Bot. 25: 139–141.
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J.L. Herrera-Herrera, and M.L. Robert. 2001. Reproductive biology of henequen (Agave fourcroydes) and its wild ancestor Agave angustifolia (Agavaceae). i. Gametophyte development. Amer. J. Bot. 88: 1966–1976.
- Robert, M.L., K. Yoong Lim, L. Hanson, F. Sanchez-Teyer, M.D. Bennett, A.R. Leitch, and I.J.
Leitch. 2008. Wild and agronomically important Agave species (Asparagaceae) show proportional increases in chromosome number, genome size, and genetic markers with increasing ploidy. Bot. J. Linn. Soc. 158: 215–222.
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