Agave muxii Zamudio & G.Aguilar-Gut.
, Brittonia 72(2): 154 (2020).- IPNI Life Sciences Identifier (LSID)
- urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77210824-1
- Publication
- Brittonia; a Series of Botanical Papers. New York, NY
- Collation
- 72(2): 154
- Date of Publication
- 15 Apr 2020
- Family as entered in IPNI
- Agavaceae
Type Information
- Collector Team
- S.Zamudio, G.Aguilar & B.Servín 15,155
- Locality
- Municipio de Landa, cerro Grande, c. 8.5 km al SE de San Juan de Los Durán
- Collection Date
- 23 Jun 2011
- Type Herbaria
- holotype UAMIZ
isotype CIIDIR
isotype EBUM
isotype IBUG
isotype MEXU
isotype QMEX
isotype SLPM
isotype UAMIZ - Distribution Of Types
- Querétaro (Mexico Northeast, Mexico, Northern America)
Nomenclatural Notes
[epublished]
Remarks
doi:10.1007/s12228-020-09613-0 The specific epithet refers to Muxi, god of rain in the Teenek culture or Huasteca, a character who helps maintain the balance of wildlife and that according to cultural tradition of this town played a role important in the origin of corn.