Agave shaferi — The Life Data

Plantae/Tracheophyta/Liliopsida/Asparagales/Asparagaceae/Agave

At a glance

Occurrence records10

Data sources4

Biological traits8

DNA specimens0

eDNA detections0

Sources4 archives

Databases and archives Agave shaferi's data was compiled from.

WikipediaWikimedia Foundation2 languages↗

BioWikiNetmultilingual Wikipediamultilingual↗

GBIFGlobal Biodiversity Information Facility10 records↗

Open Tree of LifeOpenTreephylogeny backbone↗

On this page3 sections

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NarrativeWikipediaarticle

Traits & measurements2 literature sources8 traits

Occurrence & distributionGBIF10 records

01Narrative

Agave shaferi ist eine Pflanzenart aus der Gattung der Agaven (Agave). Das Artepitheton shaferi ehrt den US-amerikanischen Botaniker John Adolph Shafer (1863–1918).Urs Eggli, Leonard E. Newton: Etymological Dictionary of Succulent Plant Names. Springer, Berlin/Heidelberg 2010, ISBN 978-3-642-05597-3, S. 220.

No narrative description available for this taxon yet.

02Traits & measurements

SourcesWCVPGIFT

Life cycle & reproduction2

Life formsucculent perennial

Raunkiær life formhemicryptophyte

Diet & foraging1

Parasiteindependent

Habitat & environment5

Climateseasonally dry tropical

Climberself-supporting

Epiphyteterrestrial

Growth formherb

Woodinessnon-woody

08Occurrence & distribution

Record type10 records

Wild obs. + sensor1

Museum / vouchered9

Range

Area of Occupancy AOO32 km²

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 1 records without

Open the mapobservation + sensor1

Museum / Voucheredphysical evidence

Backed by a physical specimen — a herbarium sheet, sample or voucher held in a collection. “Vouchered” means supported by material evidence, not just an observation.

Coordinate accuracy

no georeferenced coordinates · 9 records without

Open the institutions mapphysical evidence9

Wildobservation + sensor

Human sightings and records, or camera-trap / sensor detections — someone (or a device) saw or captured the species in the wild.

10Collections & institutions

Holding institutions3 of 3 geolocated

Institutions and collections holding physical, vouchered specimens of this species — click a row to fly to it on the map.

Institution	Specimens
Bronx, US	1
Berlin, DE	1
Karlsruhe, DE	1

3 institutions · 3 of 9 vouchered records shown · 6 without an institution code