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More recent treatments such as Heil and O'Kane (2025) simply recognize <i>A. parryi </i>as having variety level infrataxa; in New Mexico this is <i>A. parryi </i>var. <i>neomexicana </i>and <i>A. parryi </i>var. <i>parryi</i>. Also differing, Kartesz (1994) recognized <i>A. neomexicana</i> at full species level, and included <i>A. parryi</i> var. <i>couesii </i>in <i>A. parryi</i> var. <i>parryi</i>.","roundedGRank":"G5","conservationStatusFactorsEditionDate":"2026-02-06","conservationStatusFactorsEditionAuthors":"Soteropoulos (2026)","primaryCommonNameLanguage":"EN","recordType":"SPECIES","elementNationals":[{"elementNationalId":958965,"classifConfidence":null,"nation":{"id":225,"nameEn":"United States","nameEs":"Estados Unidos","nameFr":"États-Unis","isoCode":"US","region":"United States"},"roundedNRank":"N5","elementSubnationals":[{"elementSubnationalId":958967,"subnation":{"id":6,"nameEn":"Arizona","nameEs":"Arizona","nameFr":"Arizona","subnationCode":"AZ","dnationId":225},"roundedSRank":"SNR","dataSensitive":{"id":2,"dataSensitiveDescEn":"No","dataSensitiveDescEs":null,"dataSensitiveDescFr":null,"dataSensitiveCode":"N"},"dataSensitiveCategory":null,"srank":"SNR","speciesSubnational":{"elementSubnationalId":958967,"hybrid":false,"exotic":false,"native":true}},{"elementSubnationalId":958968,"subnation":{"id":39,"nameEn":"New Mexico","nameEs":"Nuevo México","nameFr":"Nouveau-Mexique","subnationCode":"NM","dnationId":225},"roundedSRank":"SNR","dataSensitive":{"id":2,"dataSensitiveDescEn":"No","dataSensitiveDescEs":null,"dataSensitiveDescFr":null,"dataSensitiveCode":"N"},"dataSensitiveCategory":null,"srank":"SNR","speciesSubnational":{"elementSubnationalId":958968,"hybrid":false,"exotic":false,"native":true}},{"elementSubnationalId":958969,"subnation":{"id":51,"nameEn":"Texas","nameEs":"Texas","nameFr":"Texas","subnationCode":"TX","dnationId":225},"roundedSRank":"SNR","dataSensitive":{"id":2,"dataSensitiveDescEn":"No","dataSensitiveDescEs":null,"dataSensitiveDescFr":null,"dataSensitiveCode":"N"},"dataSensitiveCategory":null,"srank":"SNR","speciesSubnational":{"elementSubnationalId":958969,"hybrid":false,"exotic":false,"native":true}}],"nrankReviewYear":2026,"nrank":"N5","speciesNational":{"elementNationalId":958965,"exotic":false,"native":true}}],"lastModified":"2026-10-03T06:53:03.744089Z","lastPublished":"2026-10-03T02:45:59.472058Z","promotionalDescription":null,"conceptLineageSummary":null,"nsxUrl":"/Taxon/ELEMENT_GLOBAL.2.958964/Agave_parryi","grankAdjustmentReasons":null,"grankChangeDate":"2016-01-08","grankReviewDate":"2026-02-06","grankReasons":"<i>Agave parryi</i> is a wide-ranging perennial succulent, forb to shrub found in gravelly to rocky places in grasslands, desert scrub, chaparral, pinyon-juniper, pine woodlands, and oak woodlands. 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