Agave × leopoldii

{{Short description|Nothospecies of plant in the genus Agave}}

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|image=Agave leopoldii 1.jpg

|image_caption=At the Springs Preserve gardens in Las Vegas

|genus=Agave

|species=× leopoldii

|authority=W.Watson

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|synonyms=

• Agave × disceptata J.R.Drumm.
• non Agave leopoldii Rafarin

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Agave × leopoldii is a hybrid species of flowering plant in the family Asparagaceae.{{cite web |url=http://powo.science.kew.org/taxon/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:77217128-1 |title=Agave × leopoldii W.Watson |author= |website=Plants of the World Online |publisher=Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew |access-date=26 June 2021 }} It is the result of a cross between Agave filifera and Agave schidigera, conducted in the 1870s by W.B. Kellock in Stamford Hill, London, and does not strongly resemble either parent.{{cite journal |title=(2199) Proposal to conserve the name Agave ×leopoldii W. Watson against A. leopoldii Rafarin (Agavaceae/Asparagaceae) |last1=Figueiredo |first1=Estrela |last2=Smith |first2=Gideon F. |journal=Taxon |year=2013 |volume=62 |issue=5 |page=1061 |doi=10.12705/625.28 |jstor=taxon.62.5.1061 |doi-access=free }} It has gained the Royal Horticultural Society's Award of Garden Merit as an ornamental.{{cite web |title=Agave leopoldii |url=https://www.rhs.org.uk/Plants/258727/i-Agave-leopoldii-i/Details |date=2021 |publisher=The Royal Horticultural Society |access-date=26 June 2021 }}