Stellenbosch University Botanical Garden, South Africa

Common name: Hohokam agave, Murphey agave, Murphey's century plant

Family: Asparagaceae subfam. Agavoideae

Distribution: Central America, Mexico

IUCN Red list: Not evaluated

Comments: It is a succulent plant that is found growing only at a few dozen archaeological sites of the ancient Hohokam Indians in southern Arizona and northern Sonora, Mexico. In 1935 there were reported half a dozen sites and in 1970 only two were known.