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Species profile—Agave sisalana (sisal hemp)

Classification

Plantae (plants) → Equisetopsida (land plants) → Agavaceae → Agave sisalana (sisal hemp)

Photo of Agave sisalana (sisal hemp) - Forster, P.,Queensland Herbarium, DES (Licence: CC BY NC)
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Species details

Kingdom
Plantae (plants)
Class
Equisetopsida (land plants)
Family
Agavaceae
Scientific name
Agave sisalana Perrine
Common name
sisal hemp
WildNet taxon ID
14889
Alternate name(s)
sisal
century plant
Conservation significant
No
Confidential
No
Endemicity
Introduced
Pest status
Environmental Weed

Other resources

The Australasian Virtual Herbarium (AVH)
Atlas of Living Australia

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Data source

This profile data is sourced from the QLD Wildlife Data API using the Get species by ID function used under CC-By 4.0
https://apps.des.qld.gov.au/species/?op=getspeciesbyid&taxonid=14889

This information is sourced from the WildNet database managed by the Queensland Department of Environment and Science.

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Licence
Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0)
Last updated
8 March 2022
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