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Agave sisalana Perrine (Congr. Doc. 564: 87. 1838.) Localities: West Indies (exotic), Lesser Antilles (exotic) [Grenada, Barbados, Nevis, St. Barthelemy, St. Kitts, St. Martin, ], Greater Antilles [Jamaica (exotic), Cayman Island (exotic), Hispaniola (exotic)[ Gonave, Haiti, Tortue,], Puerto Rico (naturalized)[ Magueyes, Mona, ], Virgin Islands (exotic) ( St. John, Virgin Gorda ) ], Bahamas (exotic), North America (exotic: FL), Mexico (native), Central America (exotic), Common Names: Agave (Dominican Republic), Cabuya ceniza extranjera (Dominican Republic), Henequén (Dominican Republic), Pita (Dominican Republic), Pite (Dominican Republic), Pite étrangere (Dominican Republic), Pite heneque (Dominican Republic), Pite sisal (Dominican Republic), Sisal (Cuba), Sisal (Dominican Republic), Sisal (Jamaica), Sisal (Puerto Rico), Synonyms: Agave rigida Mill. var. sisalana (Perrine) Engelm. (Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 314. 1875.), Citations:1). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. and M.T. Strong. 2005. Monocots and Gymnosperms of Puerto Rico and the Virgin Islands. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 52: 1-415. 2). Acevedo-Rodríguez, P. et al. 1996. Flora of St. John, U.S. Virgin Islands. Mem. New York Bot. Gard. 78: 1-581. 3). Adams, C.D. 1972. Flowering Plants of Jamaica. University of the West Indies, Mona, Jamaica. 848 pp. 4). Britton, N.L. and P. Wilson. 1923-1926. Botany of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. Scientific Survey of Porto Rico and Virgin Islands. New York Academy of Sciences, New York. 5). Correll, D.S. and H.B. Correll, 1982. Flora of the Bahama Archipelago. J. Cramer, FL-9490 Vaduz, Germany. 1692 pp. 6). Howard, R.A. 1974-1989. Flora of the Lesser Antilles. Vols. 1-6. Arnold Arboretum of Harvard University. Jamaica Plain, Massachusetts. 7). Hoyos F., J. 1985. Flora de la isla de Margarita, Venezuela. Caracas, Venezuela. 8). León, F., 1946; León, F. and H. Alain, 1951-1957. Flora de Cuba. Habana. 9). Liogier, A.H. 2000. Diccionario botánico de nombres vulgares de la Espanola. Jardin Botanico Nacional Dr. Rafael Ma. Moscoso, Santo Domingo, Republica Dominicana. 10). Otero, J.I., R.A. Toro and Pagán de Otero. 1945. Catalogo de los nombres vulgares y científicos de algunas plantas puertorriqueñas. 2nd. ed. Universidad de Puerto Rico. 11). Proctor, G.R. 1984. Flora of the Cayman Islands. Kew Bull. Addit. Ser. 11: i-xii, 1-834. Her Majesty’s Staionery Office, London. 12). Roig y Mesa, J.T. 1988. Diccionario Botanico de Nombres Vulgares Cubanos. Habana: Editorial Científico-Técnica. 13). Torres Santana, C.W. 2007. Introduced Plants in Puerto Rico (unpublished draft). 14). World Checklist of Selected Plant Families. 2008. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Website: apps.kew.org/wcsp/home.do 15). Wunderlin, R.P., and B.F. Hansen. 2004. Atlas of Florida Vascular Plants. Institute for Systematic Botany, University of South Florida, Tampa. Website: www.plantatlas.usf.edu. Last edited 21 Mar 09 |