Agave gentryi B.Ullrich

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Origin and Habitat: Fairly widespread in Nuevo Leon, Coahuila and Tamaulipas in the Sierra Madre Mountains of northern and northeastern Mexico.
Type locality: Mountain above Carneros Pass, south of Saltillo, Coahuila, Mexico.
Altitude: 2300-3300 metres above sea level.
Habitat: It a mountaintop species that grows as an understorey plant in the pine oak forests . The larvae of the Gentry's Giant-Skipper butterfly (Agathymus gentryi) flies in small numbers around stands of Agave gentryi and Agave deserti in the hottest desert mountain range. The caterpillars bore and feed into these Agaves.

Common Names include:
ENGLISH: Gentry's Century Plant, Hardy Agave
SICILIAN (Sicilianu):

Description: Agave gentryi is a solitary medium-large sized agave fiercely spined along leaf margins and at the tip. It looks very similar to Agave montana and the boundaries of gentryi and montana cross over, both are very hardy and can easily grown outdoors in Great Britain.
Rosettes: Large dense bright glossy green and terminals.
Leaves: 45-85(-100) cm long and 17-26 cm wide glossy gray-green to dark apple green with noticeable bud imprints with teats and teeth along the leaf margin that curl inward resembling a jaw.
Remarks: It's 'toothier' version called 'Jaws' has exceptionally deep sinuses between the short red teeth, resembling a shark's mouth and is much more common in cultivation than the standard specie.

Bibliography: Major references and further lectures
1) Howard Scott Gentry “Agaves of Continental North America” University of Arizona Press, 01/Feb/2004
2) Urs Eggli “Illustrated Handbook of Succulent Plants: Monocotyledons” Springer, 2001
3) Hermann Jacobsen ”A Handbook of Succulent Plants: Abromeitiella to Euphorbia” Blandford Press, 1960
4) Stuart Max Walters “European Garden Flora: A Manual for the Identification of Plants Cultivated in Europe, Both Out-of-Doors and Under Glass” Cambridge University Press, 1984
5) Jim P. Brock “Field Guide to Butterflies of North America: The Easiest Guides for Fast Identification” Houghton Mifflin Harcourt, 02/Mar/2003

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