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Two new species ofManfreda are named,M. longibracteata from Michoacán, Mexico, andM. sileri, a succulent-leaved species from the Rio Grande Valley of Texas and Mexico.Agave hauniensis is transferred toManfreda.
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Verhoek, S. Two new species and a new combination in Manfreda (Agavaceae). Brittonia 30, 165–171 (1978). https://doi.org/10.2307/2806644
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