Talk:Agave

message: An automated Wikipedia link suggester has some possible wiki link suggestions for the Agave article:
* Can link Dragon Tree: ...y Plant *Agave attenuata – Swan's Neck Agave, Dragon Tree Agave, Foxtail Agave... (link to section)
* Can link St. Croix: ...Agave eggersiana Trel. – Eggers' Century Plant, St. Croix Agave... (link to section)
* Can link Octopus Agave: ...i *Agave nissoni *Agave nizandensis – Dwarf Octopus Agave... (link to section)
* Can link Puerto Rico: ... polianthoides *Agave portoricensis Trel. – Puerto Rico Century Plant... (link to section)
* Can link Tequila Agave: ...Agave tequilana]] A. Weber – Mezcal azul tequilero, Tequila Agave, Weber Blue Agave (gives tequila)... (link to section)
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* In Dassault-Dornier Alpha Jet, can backlink AGAVE: ...pit multifunction displays (MFDs) and potential carriage of AGAVE or Anemone radar, a forward-looking infrared (FLIR) imager,...
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Feedback: I like it, I hate it, Please don't link to — LinkBot 11:32, 1 Dec 2004 (UTC)
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message: Please have a look at the hidden note in my last edit.  If the relevant Judd is on the disambiguation page, please re-instate the link.
Deano 16:54, 1 October 2005 (UTC)
thread_title: Judd

message: Can someone sort this para out? I tried editing it but gave up because I didn't know what the contributor was saying. So, for the moment. I've taken it out of the article.
However, in May of 2000 the US Food & Drug Administration explicitedly stated in writing that this non Generally Recoginzed As Safe natural health food sweetener was mis branded, mis labeled and not in compliance with code of Federal Regulation Standard for ingredient identity in the USA and indeed refined high fructose hydrolyzed inulin syrup.  Many major users of agave syrups or nectars or juices ceased using it as a result.  Hydrolyzed high fructose inulin sweeteners (70 to 90 DE) are metabolized in the human Kreb Cycle to fat (adipose tissue) and triglycerides (LDL or bad cholesterol inducing).
Thanks - Adrian Pingstone 09:30, 3 April 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Messy para

message: Removed the 3rd image, which was of an aloe plant in bloom, but labeled as an agave plant in bloom. Obvious error, and seeing as how the 2 plants look nothing alike, it is hard to believe it passed this long.  This was the link :
HaeSuse 10:24, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: No, the image is misnamed, or it's a very strangely mutated aloe :-) - what aloe has multi-meter flowering stems with the flowers in panicles? The confusion is probably as aloe explains, that Agave americana often called an aloe (and indeed the appearance of the panicles is a pretty good match for A. americana. Stan 19:14, 24 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Aloe bloom plant labeled as Agave in bloom?

message: I don't think moving all the images into a gallery is an improvement, nor is deleting text about the best-known species without moving it to its article, but I'm willing to entertain discussion before reverting. Stan 21:24, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Hi Stan, the pictures are easier to find in the gallery (which can also include pictures of common cultivars etc). It is unpleasant to have to scroll down the very long list of species (again, in my opinion) in order to find a picture that may or may not be next to the name of that species. It's also difficult to house pictures of a larger number of Agave species in said listing - thus my preference for it. I disagree re: the best known species - certainly in Australia the most commonly grown species is Agave attenuata - though I think perhaps it would be best to include links to these common species in the introductory ramble. Thoughts? MidgleyDJ 21:35, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: I added the three most commonly grown species (in Australia - I cant speak for elsewhere) to the preamble (americana, angustifolia & attenuata). Hopefully that helps your concerns Stan re: linking to the most commonly grown species. I've also added new pictures of cultivars and species to the gallery section - which given the length of the listing of species I still think is the tidier option. MidgleyDJ 22:00, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

text: To me the purpose of pictures alongside the species list is more as a sample of the variation (and to fill up blank space :-) ), rather than a search mechanism - we have quite a few agave pictures in all (I just added about ten more to commons just a couple days ago for example), and a useful visual index is going to need to be much much bigger than the handful of images that have found their way into this article. On species descriptions, if A. attenuata is common in Oz, then it deserves a sentence or two of description here too, enough to interest readers in following the link. Full species list is good for completeness, but they don't help the reader distinguish what is found in every backyard from the obscure endemic that hasn't had three words written about it since it was described :-) , so (IMHO) genus articles should have a section prior that highlights the most interesting species, at least mentioning why they are the most notable. Stan 22:03, 31 December 2006 (UTC)

text: You know, that species list is about at the breakeven point for separating into its own page. Stan 22:06, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Separation of the list sounds like a good idea to me. I'm in the process of creating a "commonly grown species" section (daggy name, I know) MidgleyDJ 22:17, 31 December 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: There is a possibility that at least one species of Agave is not truly semelparous (see Secrets of the Sonoran Desert, 1997, Finley-Holiday Film Corp.)Minkman5052 16:43, 2 May 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Changes 

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message: I've noticed that this has no mention of this being used in alcohol fermentation see wik on beer if someone wants to write about it 220.101.4.140 (talk) 14:47, 4 December 2010 (UTC)
thread_title:  New addition for someone 

message: I've removed the term "tequ plants" from the A. americana section. This was the first mention of that common name, and I wonder if it applies to A. tequilana rather that A. americana. Nadiatalent (talk) 23:32, 28 July 2011 (UTC)
thread_title:  Tequ 

message: In response to a "citation required" tag, User:Tony mendoza has added a reference to Botany in a Day by Thomas J Elpel, Hops Press. It's probably ok to show that agave tea is taken with the purpose of relieving arthritis, but in generally this book is very out of date as to botanical families (e.g. this page doesn't correspond to modern views of the Liliaceae). Peter coxhead (talk) 10:51, 2 November 2011 (UTC)
thread_title: Reliable source

message: I have removed the following quote, because it is not contained in the cited sources:
:Agave is used in the mass production of lubricant for use with commercial trolley units.  The water-soluble carbohydrates and fructan structure patterns of agave sap result in a low coefficient of friction with little additional processing. It has seen particularly wide adoption in Mexico where it is relatively cheap to produce.  
Is agave really used in lubrication?  A quick couple Google searches suggests no, but this article notes that agave fibers exhibit "self-lubrication"—they slide well.  Is that what the IP meant?  Bernanke's Crossbow (talk) 23:08, 13 April 2019 (UTC)
thread_title:  FYI 

message: The Description section probably needs to be updated to take account of the inclusion of Manfreda and Polianthes, among others. Peter coxhead (talk) 11:56, 30 October 2020 (UTC)
thread_title:  Description may not be correct 

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