Texas Vascular Plant Image Library (Agavaceae)

Texas Vascular Plant Image Library
Images of the Agavaceae

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Agave fourcroydes - sisal fiber processing - Mexico - photo: TAMU-HW

Agave lechuguilla - Native, from West Texas. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave lechuguilla - Native, from West Texas. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave lechuguilla - Native, from West Texas. (flowers) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave lechuguilla - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave lechuguilla - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (eaten by deer) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave scabra - Native, from West Texas. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave scabra - Native, from West Texas. (whole plant - mature) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave scabra - Native, from West Texas. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave scabra - Native, from West Texas. (fruit) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave scabra - Native, from West Texas. (dead) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave scabra - Native, from West Texas. (deader) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave scabra - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (inflorescence in fruit) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave scabra - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (fruit) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave shawii var. shawii - flowers of Shaw's century-plant -- near Bahia Tortugas, Baja Californa Sur, Mexico. - photo: James Reveal

Agave sp. - Leaf epidermis on sale at a Mexican market - photo: TAMU-HW

Agave sp. - Cultivated fields - Mexico - photo: TAMU-HW

Agave sp. - Harvest of shoots for ethanol production - Oaxaca, Mexico - photo: TAMU-HW

Agave victoriae-reginae - Cultivated, from San Antonio Botanical Garden. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave virginica - Native, from Cumberland Plateau. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave virginica - Native, from Cumberland Plateau. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Agave virginica - Native, from Cumberland Plateau. (flower) - photo: TAMU - JM

Beaucarnea recurvata - Cultivated, from San Antonio Botanical Garden. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Dasylirion leiophyllum - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Hesperaloe parviflora - Cultivated, from San Antonio Botanical Garden. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Hesperaloe parviflora - Native, from Engeling WMA, TX. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Hesperaloe parviflora - Cultivated, from National Wildflower Research Center, Austin, TX. (flower - side view) - photo: TAMU - JM

Hesperaloe parviflora - Cultivated, from National Wildflower Research Center, Austin, TX. (flower - frontal view) - photo: TAMU - JM

Hesperaloe Parviflora - Images from the Texas A&M Campus Flora Project

Manfreda longiflora - Plant in flower; lower Texas coast (photo by Ted Eubanks) - contact: TAMU-HW

Manfreda longiflora - Rosette leaves; lower Texas coast (photo by Ted Eubanks) - contact: TAMU-HW

Manfreda maculosa - Cultivated, from San Antonio Botanical Garden. (flowers) - photo: TAMU - JM

Manfreda maculosa - Cultivated, from San Antonio Botanical Garden. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Manfreda maculosa - Cultivated, from San Antonio Botanical Garden. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Manfreda maculosa - Cultivated, from San Antonio Botanical Garden. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Manfreda sp. - Native, from Navasota, TX. (leaves) - photo: TAMU - JM

Manfreda sp. (zoom) - Perianth from above; cultivated at Peckerwood Gardens, Waller County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda sp. (zoom) - Perianth, gynoecium from the side; cultivated at Peckerwood Gardens, Waller County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda sp. (zoom) - Inflorescence; cultivated at Peckerwood Gardens, Waller County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda sp. (zoom) - Flowers at anthesis; cultivated at Peckerwood Gardens, Waller County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Flower; collected by Amanda Neill in pine woodlands near Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Androecium, close; collected by Amanda Neill in pine woodlands near Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Anther (versatile), close; collected by Amanda Neill in pine woodlands near Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Point of anther attachment (versatile), close; collected by Amanda Neill in pine woodlands near Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Pedicel, floral bract; collected by Amanda Neill in pine woodlands near Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Ovary, floral bractlet; collected by Amanda Neill in pine woodlands near Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Flower (perianth opened); collected by Amanda Neill in pine woodlands near Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Stigma, style; collected by Amanda Neill in pine woodlands near Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Portion of leaf; collected by Amanda Neill in pine woodlands near Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Rosette; Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Flower past anthesis with developing ovary; Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Inflorescence; Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Manfreda virginica (zoom) - Plant in flower - rosette; Keechi Creek WMA, Leon County, Texas - photo: TAMU-HW

Nolina erumpens - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Nolina erumpens - Native, from Big Bend National Park. - photo: TAMU - JM

Nolina sp. - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Nolina sp. - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Nolina sp. - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (with snow) - photo: TAMU - JM

Polianthes durangensis - flower of the Durango polianthes -- E of Llano Grande, Sierra Madre Occidental, Durango, Mexico. - photo: James Reveal

Polianthes sp. - flower of polianthes -- W of Ojito, Sierra Madre Occidental, Chihuahua, Mexico. - photo: James Reveal

Polianthes sp. - flower of a polianthes -- W of Ojito, Sierra Madre Occidental, Chihuahua, Mexico. - photo: James Reveal

Sanseveria sp. - Cultivated. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Sansevieria sp. - Cultivated. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca Aloifolia - Images from the Texas A&M Campus Flora Project

Yucca brevifolia var. brevifolia - limestone slopes with Joshua-trees -- Buried Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA. - photo: James Reveal

Yucca brevifolia var. brevifolia - flowers of the Joshua-tree -- near Goldfield, Esmeralda Co., Nevada, USA. - photo: James Reveal

Yucca brevifolia var. brevifolia - fruits of the Joshua-tree -- Buried Hills, Nye Co., Nevada, USA. - photo: James Reveal

Yucca carnerosana - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (plants) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca carnerosana - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (leaves) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca carnerosana - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (forest) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca carnerosana - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (large plants) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca carnerosana - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (Nanette) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca elata - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca elata - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (leaves) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca louisianensis - Native, from Navasota, TX. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca louisianensis - Native, from College Station, TX. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca louisianensis - Native, from College Station, TX. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca louisianensis - Native, from College Station, TX. (flower close-up) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca rostrata - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca rostrata - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (leaves) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca rostrata - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (leaves close-up) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca sp. - Native. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca sp. - Native. (flower) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca sp. - Native, from Hilltop Lakes, TX. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca sp. - Cultivated, from Japanese Garden, San Antonio. (whole plant in flower) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca sp. - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (whole plant) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca sp. - Native, from Big Bend National Park. (inflorescence) - photo: TAMU - JM

Yucca sp. - Emerging inflorescence with Toni Wilson - Sugarloaf Mountain (Milam County, Texas) - photo: TAMU-HW

Yucca sp. - arborescent yucca -- near Torreon, Durango, Mexico. - photo: James Reveal