Agave titanota the type locality

the type locality

Agave horrida from Central Mexico x A

Generally solitary

The specific epithet comes from the Greek and is in reference to the plants distinctively large (megalo-) teeth (donta)

Agave titanota the type localityThis Oaxacan endemic was initially described by Howard Scott Gentry from a single population in a limestone canyon at Rancho Tambor, at about 3200' 4000'. Gentry's guide called the plants 'rabo de len ceniza' or tail of an ash lion. Gentry named the plant for what he described as an alabaster white color, hence the latin 'titanota'. He also speculated that there were likely more populations to be found in the mountains, and in recent years other