| Echinoagave | |
|---|---|
Scientific classification  | |
| Kingdom: | Plantae |
| Clade: | Tracheophytes |
| Clade: | Angiosperms |
| Clade: | Monocots |
| Order: | Asparagales |
| Family: | Asparagaceae |
| Subfamily: | Agavoideae |
| Genus: | Echinoagave A.Vázquez, Rosales & García-Mor. |
Echinoagave is a genus of flowering plants in the family Asparagaceae. It includes 12 species native to Mexico. [1]
The species in genus Echinoagave were formerly placed in genus Agave , and both genera share a rosette habit and terminal spine. Echinoagave species are distinguished by their generally compact hedgehog-like shape, with cylindrical to subcylindrical to flattened leaves with hard, firm, striate-sulcate and serrulate margins. Echinoagave plants are typically polycarpic, flowering multiple times before dying, in contrast to the typically monocarpic Agave species whose rosettes die after flowering. [2]