https://en.wikipedia.org/w/api.php?action=feedcontributions&feedformat=atom&user=Erinkunz Wikipedia - User contributions [en] 2025-06-21T01:17:52Z User contributions MediaWiki 1.45.0-wmf.6 https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User_talk:Erinkunz&diff=500132991 User talk:Erinkunz 2012-07-01T03:46:27Z <p>Erinkunz: ←Created page with &#039;.&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>.</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Erinkunz&diff=499953848 User:Erinkunz 2012-06-29T19:29:30Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>==Erin Kunz==<br /> <br /> [[File:VaticanKunz.jpg]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Erinkunz&diff=499953018 User:Erinkunz 2012-06-29T19:22:57Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>==Erin Kunz==<br /> *Long Island, New York<br /> <br /> [[File:Streifenhoernchen.jpg|thumb]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Erinkunz&diff=499952554 User:Erinkunz 2012-06-29T19:19:29Z <p>Erinkunz: ←Created page with &#039;File:Folsom point.png&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>[[File:Folsom point.png]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499951597 Agave schottii 2012-06-29T19:11:39Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> {{Italic title}}<br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''[[Agave]]'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera [[Littaea]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; There are two varieties of this species: ''Agave schotti'' var. ''schottii'' and ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei''.<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]]. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] states of Chihuahua, Sonora, and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of [[Conservation status|Highly Safeguarded]] Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in [[arid]] regions at elevations from 1,100-2,000 meters (3,609-6,562 feet) on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland, and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high compared to slopes with direct sunlight. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are [[succulents]] with a rosette of thick, blue-green, finger-like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its edges, which makes it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; Its leaves typically grow to a length of about 0.3 meters (0.98 feet). Because its height is about that of a human's shin, and because it has sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are [[monocarpic]]. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate [[Inflorescence|inflorescences]], tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm (0.31 in by 0.16 in) in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the var. ''treleasei'', have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers of ''Agave schottii'' produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' [[fruit|fruits]] are [[Dehiscence (botany)|loculicidal capsules]], which are dry fruits that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal [[sapogenin|sapogenins]] in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible [[pollinator|pollinators]], such as bats, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, honeybees, and hummingbirds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of [[nectar]] per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is generally considered a low amount of nectar produced for flowers that are pollinated by birds or insect. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, and does not contain much sugar, providing further evidence for pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar, suggests it is pollinated by insects and/or birds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a [[clonal colony|clonal plant]], meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of [[asexual reproduction]] is not favorable as it produces offspring with low [[heterozygosity]], or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters (33 feet and 330 feet). The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' proves to be a good model to observe this type of [[outcrossing]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants, in general, have many uses, including: as a sweetener, to create [[tequila]], and as an [[antibiotic]].&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'', in particular, has a very bitter taste. Thus, it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which makes it usable as a soap. ''Agave schottii'' soap is called [[Chlorogalum|&quot;amole&quot;]], &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of the plant's habitat, and by native peoples, like the [[Seri people|Seri]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' They use it as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair, as well as wash clothing. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in [[cancer|anti-cancer]] treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499951445 Agave schottii 2012-06-29T19:10:17Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> {{Italic title}}<br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''[[Agave]]'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera [[Littaea]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; There are two varieties of this species: ''Agave schotti'' var. ''schottii'' and ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei''.<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]]. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] states of Chihuahua, Sonora, and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of [[Conservation status|Highly Safeguarded]] Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in [[arid]] regions at elevations from 1,100-2,000 meters (3,609-6,562 feet) on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland, and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high compared to slopes with direct sunlight. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are [[succulents]] with a rosette of thick, blue-green, finger-like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its edges, which makes it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; Its leaves typically grow to a length of about 0.3 meters (0.98 feet). Because its height is about that of a human's shin, and because it has sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are [[monocarpic]]. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate [[Inflorescence|inflorescences]], tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm (0.31 in by 0.16 in) in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the var. ''treleasei'', have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers of ''Agave schottii'' produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' [[fruit|fruits]] are [[Dehiscence (botany)|loculicidal capsules]], which are dry fruits that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal [[sapogenin|sapogenins]] in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible [[pollinator|pollinators]], such as bats, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, honeybees, and hummingbirds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of [[nectar]] per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is generally considered a low amount of nectar produced for flowers that are pollinated by birds or insect. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, and does not contain much sugar, providing further evidence for pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar, suggests it is pollinated by insects and/or birds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a [[clonal colony|clonal plant]], meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of [[asexual reproduction]] is not favorable as it produces offspring with low [[heterozygosity]], or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters (33 feet and 330 feet). The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' proves to be a good model to observe this type of [[outcrossing]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants, in general, have many uses, including: as a sweetener, to create [[tequila]], and as an [[antibiotic]].&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'', in particular, has a very bitter taste. Thus, it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which makes it usable as a soap. ''Agave schottii'' soap is called [[Chlorogalum|&quot;amole&quot;]], &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of the plant's habitat, and by native peoples, like the [[Seri people|Seri]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair, or wash clothing. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in [[cancer|anti-cancer]] treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499951302 Agave schottii 2012-06-29T19:09:12Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> {{Italic title}}<br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''[[Agave]]'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera [[Littaea]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; There are two varieties of this species: ''Agave schotti'' var. ''schottii'' and ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei''.<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]]. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in the [[Mexico|Mexican]] states of Chihuahua, Sonora, and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of [[Conservation status|Highly Safeguarded]] Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in [[arid]] regions at elevations from 1,100-2,000 meters (3,609-6,562 feet) on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland, and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high compared to slopes with direct sunlight. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are [[succulents]] with a rosette of thick, blue-green, finger-like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its edges, which makes it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; Its leaves typically grow to a length of about 0.3 meters (0.98 feet). Because its height is about that of a human's shin, and because it has sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are [[monocarpic]]. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate [[Inflorescence|inflorescences]], tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm (0.31 in by 0.16 in) in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the var. ''treleasei'', have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers of ''Agave schottii'' produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' [[fruit|fruits]] are [[Dehiscence (botany)|loculicidal capsules]], which are dry fruits that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal [[sapogenin|sapogenins]] in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible [[pollinator|pollinators]], such as bats, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, honeybees, and hummingbirds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of [[nectar]] per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is generally considered a low amount of nectar produced for flowers that are pollinated by birds or insect. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, and does not contain much sugar, providing further evidence for pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar, suggests it is pollinated by insects and/or birds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a [[clonal colony|clonal plant]], meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of [[asexual reproduction]] is not favorable as it produces offspring with low [[heterozygosity]], or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters (33 feet and 330 feet). The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' proves to be a good model to observe this type of [[outcrossing]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants, in general, have many uses, including: as a sweetener, to create [[tequila]], and as an [[antibiotic]].&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'', in particular, has a very bitter taste. Thus, it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. ''Agave schottii'' soap is called [[Chlorogalum|&quot;amole&quot;]], &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of the plant's habitat, and by native peoples, like the [[Seri people|Seri]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair, or wash clothing. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in [[cancer|anti-cancer]] treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499950966 Agave schottii 2012-06-29T19:06:20Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> {{Italic title}}<br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''[[Agave]]'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera [[Littaea]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; There are two varieties of this species: ''Agave schotti'' var. ''schottii'' and ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei''.<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]]. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in [[Mexico]], in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of [[Conservation status|Highly Safeguarded]] Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in [[arid]] regions at elevations from 1,100-2,000 meters (3,609-6,562 feet) on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland, and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high compared to slopes with direct sunlight. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are [[succulents]] with a rosette of thick, blue-green, finger-like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its edges, which makes it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; Its leaves typically grow to a length of about 0.3 meters (0.98 feet). Because its height is about that of a human's shin, and because it has sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are [[monocarpic]]. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate [[Inflorescence|inflorescences]], tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm (0.31 in by 0.16 in) in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the var. ''treleasei'', have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers of ''Agave schottii'' produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' [[fruit|fruits]] are [[Dehiscence (botany)|loculicidal capsules]], which are dry fruits that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal [[sapogenin|sapogenins]] in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible [[pollinator|pollinators]], such as bats, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, honeybees, and hummingbirds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of [[nectar]] per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is generally considered a low amount of nectar produced for flowers that are pollinated by birds or insect. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, and does not contain much sugar, providing further evidence for pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar, suggests it is pollinated by insects and/or birds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a [[clonal colony|clonal plant]], meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of [[asexual reproduction]] is not favorable as it produces offspring with low [[heterozygosity]], or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters (33 feet and 330 feet). The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' proves to be a good model to observe this type of [[outcrossing]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants, in general, have many uses, including: as a sweetener, to create [[tequila]], and as an [[antibiotic]].&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'', in particular, has a very bitter taste. Thus, it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. ''Agave schottii'' soap is called [[Chlorogalum|&quot;amole&quot;]], &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of the plant's habitat, and by native peoples, like the [[Seri people|Seri]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair, or wash clothing. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in [[cancer|anti-cancer]] treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499947639 Agave schottii 2012-06-29T18:40:35Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> {{Italic title}}<br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''[[Agave]]'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera [[Littaea]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; There are two varieties of this species: ''Agave schotti'' var. ''schottii'' and ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei''.<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]]. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in [[Mexico]], in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of [[Conservation status|Highly Safeguarded]] Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in [[arid]] regions at elevations from 1,100-2,000 meters (3,609-6,562 feet) on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland, and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high compared to slopes with direct sunlight. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are [[succulents]] with a rosette of thick, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are [[monocarpic]]. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate [[Inflorescence|inflorescences]], tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the var. ''treleasei'', have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers of ''Agave schottii'' produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' [[fruit|fruits]] are [[Dehiscence (botany)|loculicidal capsules]], or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal [[sapogenin|sapogenins]] in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible [[pollinator|pollinators]] bats, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, honeybees, and hummingbirds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of [[nectar]] per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a [[clonal colony|clonal plant]], meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of [[asexual reproduction]] is not favorable as it produces offspring with low [[heterozygosity]], or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of [[outcrossing]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create [[tequila]], and as an [[antibiotic]].&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called [[Chlorogalum|&quot;amole&quot;]], &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the [[Seri people]], and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in [[cancer|anti-cancer]] treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499841240 Agave schottii 2012-06-29T01:22:04Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> {{Italic title}}<br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''[[Agave]]'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera [[Littaea]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; There are two varieties of this species: ''Agave schotti'' var. ''schottii'' and ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei''.<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]]. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in [[Mexico]], in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of [[Conservation status|Highly Safeguarded]] Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in [[arid]] regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are [[succulents]] with a rosette of thick, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are [[monocarpic]]. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate [[Inflorescence|inflorescences]], tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the var. ''treleasei'', have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers of ''Agave schottii'' produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' [[fruit|fruits]] are [[Dehiscence (botany)|loculicidal capsules]], or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal [[sapogenin|sapogenins]] in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible [[pollinator|pollinators]] bats, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, honeybees, and hummingbirds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of [[nectar]] per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a [[clonal colony|clonal plant]], meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of [[asexual reproduction]] is not favorable as it produces offspring with low [[heterozygosity]], or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of [[outcrossing]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create [[tequila]], and as an [[antibiotic]].&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called [[Chlorogalum|&quot;amole&quot;]], &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the [[Seri people]], and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in [[cancer|anti-cancer]] treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499773876 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T16:03:20Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>&lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''[[Agave]]'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera [[Littaea]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; There are two varieties of this species: ''Agave schotti'' var. ''schottii'' and ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei''.<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]]. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in [[Mexico]], in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of [[Conservation status|Highly Safeguarded]] Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in [[arid]] regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are [[succulents]] with a rosette of thick, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are [[monocarpic]]. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate [[Inflorescence|inflorescences]], tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the var. ''treleasei'', have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers of ''Agave schottii'' produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' [[fruit|fruits]] are [[Dehiscence (botany)|loculicidal capsules]], or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal [[sapogenin|sapogenins]] in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible [[pollinator|pollinators]] bats, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, honeybees, and hummingbirds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of [[nectar]] per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a [[clonal colony|clonal plant]], meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of [[asexual reproduction]] is not favorable as it produces offspring with low [[heterozygosity]], or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of [[outcrossing]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create [[tequila]], and as an [[antibiotic]].&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called [[Chlorogalum|&quot;amole&quot;]], &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the [[Seri people]], and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in [[cancer|anti-cancer]] treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=User:Erinkunz/sandbox&diff=499773731 User:Erinkunz/sandbox 2012-06-28T16:02:15Z <p>Erinkunz: Erinkunz moved page User:Erinkunz/sandbox to Agave schottii</p> <hr /> <div>#REDIRECT [[Agave schottii]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499773722 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T16:02:12Z <p>Erinkunz: Erinkunz moved page User:Erinkunz/sandbox to Agave schottii</p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''[[Agave]]'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera [[Littaea]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; There are two varieties of this species: ''Agave schotti'' var. ''schottii'' and ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei''.<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]]. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in [[Mexico]], in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of [[Conservation status|Highly Safeguarded]] Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in [[arid]] regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are [[succulents]] with a rosette of thick, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are [[monocarpic]]. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate [[Inflorescence|inflorescences]], tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the var. ''treleasei'', have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers of ''Agave schottii'' produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' [[fruit|fruits]] are [[Dehiscence (botany)|loculicidal capsules]], or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal [[sapogenin|sapogenins]] in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible [[pollinator|pollinators]] bats, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, honeybees, and hummingbirds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of [[nectar]] per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a [[clonal colony|clonal plant]], meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of [[asexual reproduction]] is not favorable as it produces offspring with low [[heterozygosity]], or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of [[outcrossing]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create [[tequila]], and as an [[antibiotic]].&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called [[Chlorogalum|&quot;amole&quot;]], &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the [[Seri people]], and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in [[cancer|anti-cancer]] treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499773256 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T15:58:49Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''[[Agave]]'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera [[Littaea]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; There are two varieties of this species: ''Agave schotti'' var. ''schottii'' and ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei''.<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]]. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in [[Mexico]], in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of [[Conservation status|Highly Safeguarded]] Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in [[arid]] regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are [[succulents]] with a rosette of thick, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are [[monocarpic]]. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate [[Inflorescence|inflorescences]], tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the var. ''treleasei'', have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers of ''Agave schottii'' produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' [[fruit|fruits]] are [[Dehiscence (botany)|loculicidal capsules]], or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal [[sapogenin|sapogenins]] in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible [[pollinator|pollinators]] bats, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, honeybees, and hummingbirds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of [[nectar]] per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a [[clonal colony|clonal plant]], meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of [[asexual reproduction]] is not favorable as it produces offspring with low [[heterozygosity]], or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of [[outcrossing]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create [[tequila]], and as an [[antibiotic]].&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called [[Chlorogalum|&quot;amole&quot;]], &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the [[Seri people]], and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in [[cancer|anti-cancer]] treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499772924 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T15:56:35Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''[[Agave]]'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera [[Littaea]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; There are two varieties of this species: ''Agave schotti'' var. ''schottii'' and ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei''.<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of [[Arizona]] and [[New Mexico]]. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in [[Mexico]], in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of [[Conservation status|Highly Safeguarded]] Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in [[arid]] regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are [[succulents]] with a rosette of thick, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are [[monocarpic]]. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the var. ''treleasei'', have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers of ''Agave schottii'' produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' [[fruit|fruits]] are loculicidal capsules, or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal [[sapogenin|sapogenins]] in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible [[pollinator|pollinators]] bats, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, honeybees, and hummingbirds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of [[nectar]] per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a [[clonal colony|clonal plant]], meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of [[asexual reproduction]] is not favorable as it produces offspring with low [[heterozygosity]], or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of [[outcrossing]]. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create [[tequila]], and as an [[antibiotic]].&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called [[Chlorogalum|&quot;amole&quot;]], &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the [[Seri people]], and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in [[cancer|anti-cancer]] treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499748780 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T13:00:50Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; There are two varieties of this species: ''Agave schotti'' var. ''schottii'' and ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei''.<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of Highly Safeguarded Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are succulents with a rosette of thick, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are monocarpic. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the var. ''treleasei'', have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers of ''Agave schottii'' produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' fruits are loculicidal capsules, or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal sapogenins in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, honeybees, and hummingbirds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant, meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic.&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499748497 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T12:58:17Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; There are two varieties of this species: ''Agave schotti'' var. ''schottii'' and ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei''.<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of Highly Safeguarded Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are succulents with a rosette of thick, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are monocarpic. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the treleasei variety, have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' fruits are loculicidal capsules, or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal sapogenins in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, butterflies, moths, bumblebees, honeybees, and hummingbirds. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant, meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic.&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499748103 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T12:54:31Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; The ''Agave schottii'' var. ''treleasei'' has the status of Highly Safeguarded Native Plant and Salvage restricted, and is only found in Arizona's Pima County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database 2&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) Kearney &amp; Peebles Trelease's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSCT}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are succulents with a rosette of thick, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are monocarpic. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the treleasei variety, have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' fruits are loculicidal capsules, or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal sapogenins in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant, meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic.&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499744138 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T12:16:48Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are succulents with a rosette of thick, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are monocarpic. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the treleasei variety, have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' fruits are loculicidal capsules, or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal sapogenins in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant, meaning it has the ability to clone itself and produce genetically identical offspring vegetatively. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic.&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499743863 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T12:14:22Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; It is also found in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are succulents with a rosette of thick, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are monocarpic. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the treleasei variety, have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' fruits are loculicidal capsules, or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal sapogenins in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for the insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant meaning it has the ability to clone itself. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic.&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499743639 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T12:12:13Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; and in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are succulents with a rosette of thick, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are monocarpic. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the treleasei variety, have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' fruits are loculicidal capsules, or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' is composed of steroidal sapogenins in its pulp. This makes up about 2% of its dry weight. &lt;ref name=Nobel&gt;{{cite book|last=Nobel|first=Park. S.|title=Envronmental biology of Agaves and cacti|year=1988|publisher=Cambridge University Press|location=Cambridge|pages=9}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for the insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant meaning it has the ability to clone itself. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic.&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499703580 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T04:27:42Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; and in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are succulents with a rosette of think, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are monocarpic. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the treleasei variety, have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' fruits are loculicidal capsules, or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for the insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant meaning it has the ability to clone itself. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic.&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> PAGE NUMBERS FOR GENTRY BOOK<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=The University of Arizona Press|location=Tuscon|isbn=0816507759|pages=207-208}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499701695 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T04:03:55Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; and in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are succulents with a rosette of think, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; &lt;ref name=&quot;PlantCenter&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=Plant Sciences Center of Sierra Vista, Arizona|title=Agave schottii|url=http://ag.arizona.edu/cochise/psc/agave_schottii.htm|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are monocarpic. &lt;ref name=Faucon&gt;{{cite web|last=Faucon|first=Phillipe|title=Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger|url=http://www.gardeninginarizona.com/Plants/Agavaceae/Agave_schottii.html|accessdate=28 June 2012|year=2004}}&lt;/ref&gt; Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spicate inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; Some members of this species, like the treleasei variety, have peniculate infloresences. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|title=Agave schottii Engelmann|journal=Flora of North America|year=1875|volume=26|pages=444,447|url=http://www.efloras.org/florataxon.aspx?flora_id=1&amp;taxon_id=242101317|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' fruits are loculicidal capsules, or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. &lt;ref name=&quot;FNA&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for the insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant meaning it has the ability to clone itself. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic.&lt;ref name=&quot;DuHamel&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=DuHamel|first=Jonathan|title=Agave, a plant of many uses|url=http://tucsoncitizen.com/wryheat/2011/12/21/agave-a-plant-of-many-uses/|accessdate=28 June 2012|language=English|date=21|month=December|year=2011}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> PAGE NUMBERS FOR GENTRY BOOK<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=University of Arizona Press|location=Tucson|isbn=0816507759}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499699469 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T03:35:57Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; and in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are succulents with a rosette of think, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; CITATIONS<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are monocarpic. CITATION Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spiked inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers produce a pleasant, sweet fragrance. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' fruits are loculicidal capsules, or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. CITATION<br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for the insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant meaning it has the ability to clone itself. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic. SOURCE<br /> <br /> PAGE NUMBERS FOR GENTRY BOOK<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=University of Arizona Press|location=Tucson|isbn=0816507759}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499699388 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T03:34:56Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; and in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are succulents with a rosette of think, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; CITATIONS<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are monocarpic. CITATION Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spiked inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers produce a pleasant smell. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' fruits are loculicidal capsules, or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. CITATION<br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for the insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant meaning it has the ability to clone itself. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic. SOURCE<br /> <br /> PAGE NUMBERS FOR GENTRY BOOK<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=University of Arizona Press|location=Tucson|isbn=0816507759}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499699279 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T03:33:36Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; and in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are succulents with a rosette of think, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; CITATIONS<br /> <br /> The leaf rosettes are monocarpic. CITATION Its pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spiked inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers produce a pleasant smell. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' fruits are loculicidal capsules, or dry fruit that split open to release seeds. CITATION<br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for the insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant meaning it has the ability to clone itself. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic. SOURCE<br /> <br /> PAGE NUMBERS FOR GENTRY BOOK<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=University of Arizona Press|location=Tucson|isbn=0816507759}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499699076 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T03:31:18Z <p>Erinkunz: </p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; and in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The ''Agave schottii'', like other ''Agave'' species, are succulents with a rosette of think, blue/green, finger like leaves with sharp spines on their tips. The ''Agave schottii'' is different from other ''Agave'' in that the leaves do not have spines on its margins, making it a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The leaves typically grow to about a length of 0.3 meters. Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; CITATIONS<br /> <br /> The pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spiked inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8 mm by 4 mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers produce a pleasant smell. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for the insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant meaning it has the ability to clone itself. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic. SOURCE<br /> <br /> PAGE NUMBERS FOR GENTRY BOOK<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=University of Arizona Press|location=Tucson|isbn=0816507759}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. R.|title=Antitumor agents from agave schottii(amaryllidaceae)|journal=Journal of Pharmaceutical Sciences|date=17|year=2006|month=September|volume=58|issue=5|pages=589-591|url=http://onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/10.1002/jps.2600580516/abstract}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==References==<br /> {{reflist|2}}<br /> <br /> [[Category:Genus]]</div> Erinkunz https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Agave_schottii&diff=499697869 Agave schottii 2012-06-28T03:16:10Z <p>Erinkunz: ←Created page with &#039;{{User sandbox}} &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt; {{taxobox |name = &#039;&#039;Agave schottii&#039;&#039; |regnum = Plantae |unranked_divisio = Magnoliophyta |unranked_cl...&#039;</p> <hr /> <div>{{User sandbox}}<br /> &lt;!-- EDIT BELOW THIS LINE --&gt;<br /> <br /> {{taxobox<br /> |name = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> |regnum = [[Plant]]ae<br /> |unranked_divisio = [[Magnoliophyta]]<br /> |unranked_classis = [[Monocot]]<br /> |ordo = [[Liliales]]<br /> |familia = [[Agavaceae]]<br /> |genus = ''[[Agave]]''<br /> |species = '''''schottii'''''<br /> | binomial = ''[[Agave schottii]]''<br /> | binomial_authority = ''[[Agave schottii Engelm.]]''<br /> |}}<br /> <br /> Also known by the common name Schott's Century Plant, the ''Agave schottii'' is a shrub species within the ''Agave'' genus. It is a member of the subgenera Littaea. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Felger|first=Richard|coauthors=Moser, Mary B.|title=Seri use of the Agave (Century Plant)|journal=Kiva|year=1970|month=April|volume=35|issue=4|pages=159-167|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/30247584?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2134&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=47699080687647}}&lt;/ref&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Distribution==<br /> ''Agave schottii'' is native to North America. It is found in the United States of America, in the states of Arizona and New Mexico. In Arizona, it is confined to the southern part of the state, in the counties of Pima, Santa Cruz, Graham, and Cochise. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot;&gt;{{cite web|last=USDA, NRCS|title=Plants Profile: Agave schottii Engelm. Schott's century plant|url=http://plants.usda.gov/java/profile?symbol=AGSC3&amp;mapType=nativity&amp;photoID=|publisher=National Plant Data Team|accessdate=27 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; ''Agave schottii'' is found only in the southwestern tip of New Mexico, in Hidalgo County. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; and in Mexico, in Chihuahua, Sonora and Baja California. &lt;ref name=&quot;The PLANTS Database&quot; /&gt; <br /> <br /> ==Habitat and Ecology==<br /> This species grows in arid regions at elevations from 1100-2000 meters on sunny, open, gentle rocky slopes or in small drainages in high desert scrub, grassland and juniper and oak woodlands on gneiss substrate. &lt;ref name=CPC&gt;{{cite web|last=Center for Plant Conservation|title=Agave schottii var. treleasei|url=http://www.centerforplantconservation.org/collection/cpc_viewprofile.asp?CPCNum=50|work=CPC National Collection Plant Profile|accessdate=28 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; <br /> <br /> It grows on northern and eastern facing slopes where temperatures do not get very high. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Morphology==<br /> Individuals of this species are flowering shrubs. The shrub's blue/green leaves grow about 0.3 meters in height. It is a member of the ''Agave'' subgenus Littaea, as its leaves do not have thorns. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; There are spines on the end of the finger like leaves. CITATION <br /> <br /> The pale to bright yellow flowers are held on branches onto the stem. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; The flowers are spiked inflorescences, tubular in shape, and about 8mm by 4mm in size. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Schaffer|first=William M.|coauthors=Schaffer, M. Valentine|title=The reproductive biology of Agavaceae: I. Pollen and nectar production in four Arizona Agaves|journal=The Southwestern Naturalist|date=3|year=1977|month=June|volume=22|issue=2|pages=157-168|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/3669806?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221|accessdate=25 June 2012}}&lt;/ref&gt; The flowers produce a pleasant smell. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> Due to its height of about that of a human's shin, and the presence of its sharp, spiny leaves, this species has been given the common name &quot;Shindagger.&quot; CITATION<br /> <br /> ==Pollination==<br /> Like most species in the ''Agave'' genus, this species has its flowers pollinated by many possible pollinators bats, &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The ''Agave schottii'' produces on average 1.6 µL of nectar per day.&lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; This is a fairly low amount associated with the nectar amounts produced by insect pollinated flowers. The ''Agave schottii'' does produce most of its nectar nocturnally, suggesting pollination by bats. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt; However, the yellow flowers, sweet smell, and low protein concentration of the nectar provide evidence for the insect and/or bird pollination. &lt;ref name=&quot;Schaffer&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Reproduction==<br /> The ''Agave schottii'' is a clonal plant meaning it has the ability to clone itself. This method of asexual reproduction is not favorable as it produces offspring with low heterozygosity, or low genetic diversity. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot;&gt;{{cite journal|last=Trame|first=Anne-Marie|coauthors=Coddington, Amy J., Paige, Ken N.|title=Field and genetic studies testing optimal outcrossing in Agave schottii, a long-lived clonal plant|journal=Oecologia|date=18|year=1995|month=April|volume=104|pages=93-100|url=http://www.jstor.org/discover/10.2307/4221083?uid=3739256&amp;uid=2129&amp;uid=2&amp;uid=70&amp;uid=4&amp;sid=21100872756221}}&lt;/ref&gt; Experimentation shows that this plant favors outbreeding with an optimal range between 10 and 100 meters. The greater the proximity of cross-breeders, the lower the genetic diversity. When the range of cross-breeders exceeds the optimal range, the plant risks breeding with a member of its species too unlike itself. ''Agave schottii'' is a good model to observe this type of outbreeding. &lt;ref name=&quot;Trame&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> ==Usage==<br /> ''Agave'' plants in general have many uses, as a sweetener, to create tequila, and as an antibiotic. SOURCE<br /> <br /> PAGE NUMBERS FOR GENTRY BOOK<br /> <br /> ''Agave schottii'' in particular has a very bitter taste, and thus it is not suitable as a food for people or cattle. &lt;ref name=Gentry&gt;{{cite book|last=Gentry|first=Howard Scott|title=Agaves of Continental North America|year=1982|publisher=University of Arizona Press|location=Tucson|isbn=0816507759}}&lt;/ref&gt; The bitter taste comes from its steroidal sapogenin properties, which make them usable as a soap. It is called &quot;amole,&quot; &quot;maguey,&quot; and &quot;amolillo&quot; by Spanish-speaking people in the area of its habitat, and by native peoples, like the Seri, and used for washing clothes. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt; The Seri people also call ''Agave schottii'' &quot;ikapanniim,&quot; which means to 'wash hair with.' It is used as a shampoo to clean, soften, and grow hair. &lt;ref name=&quot;felger&quot; /&gt;<br /> <br /> The sapogenin in ''Agave schottii'' is being researched for its potential role in anti-cancer treatments. &lt;ref&gt;{{cite journal|last=Bianchi|first=E.|coauthors=Cole, J. 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