Figure 1

Calculated time-courses of cumulative seed water uptake of Agave spp. at 25°C, in the dark, and in substrate water potentials of -0.03 (A), -1.0 (B) and -1.5 MPa (C). A. americana var. marginata (black line), A. asperrima (red line), A. cupreata (green line), A. duranguensis (gray line), A. lechuguilla (dark blue line), A. salmiana (pink line) and A. striata (light blue line); n = 50.