''Agave guiengola'' is a large, evergreen

succulent In botany, succulent plants, also known as succulents, are plants with parts that are thickened, fleshy, and engorged, usually to retain water in arid climates or soil conditions. The word ''succulent'' comes from the Latin word ''sucus'', meani ...

flowering plant Flowering plants are plants that bear flowers and fruits, and form the clade Angiospermae (). The term angiosperm is derived from the Ancient Greek, Greek words (; 'container, vessel') and (; 'seed'), meaning that the seeds are enclosed with ...

belonging to the family

Asparagaceae Asparagaceae (), known as the asparagus family, is a family of flowering plants, placed in the order Asparagales of the monocots. The family name is based on the edible garden asparagus, '' Asparagus officinalis''. This family includes both ...

, and is

endemic Endemism is the state of a species being found only in a single defined geographic location, such as an island, state, nation, country or other defined zone; organisms that are indigenous to a place are not endemic to it if they are also foun ...

to the State of

Oaxaca Oaxaca, officially the Free and Sovereign State of Oaxaca, is one of the 32 states that compose the political divisions of Mexico, Federative Entities of the Mexico, United Mexican States. It is divided into municipalities of Oaxaca, 570 munici ...

, in southern

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. It grows on

limestone Limestone is a type of carbonate rock, carbonate sedimentary rock which is the main source of the material Lime (material), lime. It is composed mostly of the minerals calcite and aragonite, which are different Polymorphism (materials science) ...

slopes at an elevation between above sea level. The species name ''guiengola'' refers to Cerro Guiengola, the mountain where the species was first discovered.

Description

''Agave guiengola'' reach a diameter of . The leaves are thick, broad, whitish-green to bluish-colored,

ovate Ovate may refer to: * Ovate (egg-shaped) leaves, tepals, or other botanical parts *Ovate, a type of prehistoric stone hand axe * Ovates, one of three ranks of membership in the Welsh Gorsedd * Vates or ovate, a term for ancient Celtic bards ...

to lanceolate, irregularly arranged, about long and wide. The dark brown margins of the leaves are densely toothed. The year-old slender

inflorescence In botany, an inflorescence is a group or cluster of flowers arranged on a plant's Plant stem, stem that is composed of a main branch or a system of branches. An inflorescence is categorized on the basis of the arrangement of flowers on a mai ...

is high in nature, though heights exceeding have been observed in botanical gardens outside of its native habitat. The pale yellow to white colored flowers are long and appear in clumps near the base. The fruits are elongated, brown capsules long. The flowering period extends from February to March.Bailey, L.H. & E.Z. Bailey. 1976. Hortus Third i–xiv, 1–1290. MacMillan, New York.

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guiengola Guiengola is a Zapotec civilization, Zapotec archeological site located north of Tehuantepec, and southeast of Oaxaca, Oaxaca, Oaxaca city on Federal Highway 190. The visible ruins are located between a hill and a river, each carries the name o ...

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