Contents
Preface
Acknowledgements
Part I: Background to Agaves
1. The Man-Agave Symbiosis
2. Taxonomic History and Morphology
3. Geographic Guide to Species and the Exsiccatae
Part II: Systematic Account of Genus and Species (Subgenus Littaea)
4. Group Amolae
5. Group Choritepalae
6. Group Filiferae
7. Group Marginatae
8. Group Parviflorae
9. Group Polycephalae
10. Group Striatae
11. Group Urceolatae
Part III: Systematic Account of Genus and Species (Subgenus Agave)
12. Group Americanae
13. Group Campaniflorae
14. Group Crenatae
15. Group Desrticolae
16. Group Ditepalae
17. Group Hiemiflorae
18. Group Marmoratae
19. Group Parryanae
20. Group Rigidae
21. Group Salmianae
22. Group Sisalanae
23. Group Umbelliflorae
Part IV: Cultures of Agave and Other Addenda
Culture of Agaves
References
Glossary of Special Terms
Index
About the Author