Agave Adaptation to Aridity

To show features of Agave taxa adapting to arid habitats, comparative studies at three taxonomic levels in the genus are presented. There is a brief review of Agave physiology and some aspects of recent evolution are discussed. Comparisons among species groups within the genus show several traits di...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Burgess, Tony L.
Other Authors: Herbarium, University of Arizona
Language:en_US
Published: University of Arizona (Tucson, AZ) 1985
Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10150/554187