Agave isthmensis Chiapas type locality form bromeliad with broad pale silver

bromeliad with broad pale silver leaves

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Agave isthmensis Chiapas type locality form bromeliad with broad pale silverIn the southern Mexican states of Oaxaca and Chiapas grows the dwarf clustering Agave isthmensis. Agave isthmensis derives its name from its native range in the region of the Isthmus of Tehuantepec. The plants at the type locality in Chiapas grow at 2700', and highly resemble the popular cultivar Agave Kichijokan. It may be that this population is where that mystery cultivar originated. Agave isthmensis had been treated as a form of Agave potatorum