Re: New names in Arizona Agave

Hodgson describes the probable ethnobotany of A.phillpisiana as a fiber or food plant in some detail in the article and she cites further references on the subject.

Cereusly Steve


--- In agaveforum@y..., "John MacGregor" <jonivy@e...> wrote:
> > Hodgson, W.C. (2001) TAXONOMIC NOVELTIES IN ARIZONA AGAVE (AGAVACEAE). 
> > Novon 11 (4): 410-416, 2 figs.
> >
> > A new freely suckering tetraploid species allied to A.palmeri and
> > A.delamateri and found only in four sites withing Grand Canyon National
> > Park is named A.phillpisiana in honor of Arthur Phillips III, who brought
> > the plant to the attention of Hodson in 1994. The plants are found near
> > pre-Columbian Kayenta-Anasazi habitation sites. Hodgson does not believe
> > the species to be of hybrid origin but it is rather suggestive of a hybrid
> > between A.palmeri and A.americana var. expansa.
> >
> > Agave phillipsiana Hodgson p.410, fig.1
> 
> Steve,
> 
> Is their any specific ethnobotanical evidence of use of this agave by the
> Kayenta and Anasazi peoples?
> 
> John MacGregor
> South Pasadena, CA 91030
> USDA zone 9   Sunset zones 21/23


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