Description.
Named after the village Temacapulin, a small town that will be severely impacted by the El Zapotillo dam project. It is related to A.wocomahi in terms of its rosette size, solitary habit in most cases, the smooth texture of the leaves, the red-tipped dimorphic tepals, and the deep floral tube.
Agave temacapulinensis differs from A. wocomahi in having light gray, glaucous rosettes (vs. dark green to glaucous green); short acuminate leaves (vs. long acuminate); crenate margins (vs. straight to undulate) with smaller marginal teeth (8-10 mm vs. 10-20 mm); larger panicles with more lateral branches. outcrops.
Agave temacapulinensis has only been found in the Rio Verde drainage and it appears endemic to the state of Jalisco. Agave temacapulinensis grows on calcareous outcrops.
Rosettes up to 172 cm wide , open, closed or compact, single to occasionally suckering, glaucous to light gray, with 20 to 25 leaves. Leaves 55-90 cm long 10-20 cm wide , ovate to lanceolate, well armed, firm and smooth; margin crenate; marginal teeth variously flexed, usually upward and born from broad bases. Terminal spine channelled, black to bluish grey.
