As of May 2019[update] World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and Plants of the World Online recognize about 270 species of Agave Manfreda and Polianthes .[ 1] circumscriptions .[ 2] [ 3] [ 4] [ 5] [ 6] [ 7]
A
A. americana Agave abisaii A.Vázquez & Nieves – Mexico (Jalisco)Agave acicularis Trel. - CubaAgave acklinicola Trel. - BahamasAgave × ajoensis W.C.Hodgs. - Pima County in Arizona = A. deserti var. simplex × A. schottii var. schottii Agave aktites Gentry - Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora)Agave albescens Trel. - CubaAgave alboaustralis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede - OaxacaAgave albomarginata Gentry - northeastern MexicoAgave albopilosa I.Cabral - Mexico (Nuevo León)Agave americana L. – American Agave, American Century Plant, Century Plant, Maguey americano - Arizona, Texas, Mexico; naturalized in parts of Africa, Eurasia, Australia, South America various islandsAgave amica (Medik.) Thiede & Govaerts – MexicoAgave andreae Sahagún & A.Vázquez – Mexico (Michoacán)Agave angustiarum Trel. - MexicoAgave angustifolia Haw. - Mexico, Central America; naturalized in Spain, South Africa, Indian Subcontinent, various islandsAgave anomala Trel. - Bahamas, CubaAgave antillarum Descourt. - Cuba, HispaniolaAgave apedicellata Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, San Luis Potosí)Agave applanata Lem. ex Jacobi - MexicoAgave arcedianoensis Cházaro - Mexico (Jalisco)Agave × arizonica Gentry & J.H.Weber = A. chrysantha × A. toumeyana var. bella - ArizonaAgave arubensis Hummelinck - Aruba Agave asperrima Jacobi – Maguey spero, Rough Century Plant - Texas, Coahuila, Durango, ZacatecasAgave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck - Oaxaca, Puebla, VeracruzAgave attenuata Salm-Dyck – Swan's Neck Agave, Dragon Tree Agave, Foxtail Agave - Mexico; naturalised in southeastern AustraliaAgave aurea Brandegee - Baja California Sur Agave avellanidens Trel. - Baja California Agave azurea R.H.Webb & G.D.Starr – Mexico (Baja California Sur)
B
A. bracteosa
C
A. chiapensis Agave cacozela Trel. - Bahamas (Eleuthera)Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez - Cuba†Agave calodonta A.Berger - extinct
Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck – Cantala, Maguey de la India - Mexico, El Salvador, HondurasAgave capensis Gentry - Baja California Sur = Agave aurea capensis Agave caribaeicola Trel. - Lesser AntillesAgave caymanensis Proctor - Cayman Islands Agave cerulata Trel. - Baja CaliforniaAgave chamelensis (E.J.Lott & Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco)Agave chazaroi A.Vázquez & O.M.Valencia - JaliscoAgave chiapensis Jacobi - Oaxaca, Chiapas, GuatemalaAgave chrysantha Peebles – Golden Flowered Agave, Golden Flower Century Plant - ArizonaAgave chrysoglossa I.M.Johnst. - Baja California , SonoraAgave cocui Trel. - Colombia, Venezuela (incl Isla Margarita ), Aruba , Bonaire , Curaçao Agave coetocapnia (M.Roem.) Govaerts & Thiede – MexicoAgave collina Greenm. - Morelos, GuerreroAgave colorata Gentry – Mescal ceniza - Sinaloa, SonoraAgave confertiflora Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Chihuahua)Agave congesta Gentry - ChiapasAgave convallis Trel. - OaxacaAgave cremnophila [ 8] Agave cryptica G.D.Starr & T.J.Davis - Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger - ColombiaAgave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger - Guerrero, Michoacán
D
A. deserti
E
F
Agave felgeri Gentry – Mescalito - SonoraAgave filifera Salm-Dyck – Thread-leaf Agave - Querétaro to México State, Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, San Luis PotosíAgave flexispina Trel. - Chihuahua, DurangoAgave fortiflora Gentry - SonoraAgave fourcroydes Lem. – Henequen, Maguey Henequen, Mexican Sisal - Mexico, Guatemala; naturalized in West Indies, Italy, Canary IslandsAgave funkiana K.Koch & C.D.Bouché – Ixtle de Jaumav - Mexico (Tamaulipas to Chiapas)Agave fusca (Ravenna) Thiede & Eggli – Guatemala
G
A. guiengola Agave galvaniae (A.Castañeda – Mexico (México State)Agave garciae-mendozae Galván & L.Hern. - HidalgoAgave geminiflora (Tagl.) Ker Gawl. - NayaritAgave gentryi B.Ullrich - Nuevo León, QuerétaroAgave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexico, GuatemalaAgave gigantensis Gentry - Sierra de la Giganta in Baja California Sur Agave gilbertii A.Berger - MexicoAgave × glomeruliflora (Engelm.) A.Berger = A. havardiana × A. lechuguilla - Coahuila, western TexasAgave gomezpompae Cházaro & Jimeno-Sevilla - VeracruzAgave gracielae Galvan & Zamudio – Mexico (Querétaro)Agave gracilipes Trel. – Maguey de pastizal, Slimfoot Century Plant - Chihuahua, southern New Mexico, western TexasAgave gracillima A.Berger – Mexico (Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit)Agave graminifolia (Rose) Govaerts & Thiede – NE. Mexico (to Jalisco)Agave grisea Trel. - CubaAgave guadalajarana Trel. – Maguey chato - Jalisco, NayaritAgave guerrerensis (Matuda) G.D.Rowley – Mexico (Guerrero)Agave guiengola Gentry - OaxacaAgave guttata Jacobi & C.D.Bouché – NE. Mexico (to Jalisco)Agave gypsophila Gentry - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco
H
A. lechuguilla Agave karatto Mill. - Lesser Antilles, Netherlands AntillesAgave karwinskii Zucc. - Oaxaca, PueblaAgave kavandivi García-Mend. & C.Chávez – Mexico (Oaxaca)Agave kerchovei Lem. - Hidalgo, Oaxaca, PueblaAgave kewensis Jacobi - ChiapasAgave kristenii A.Vázquez & Cházaro – Mexico (Michoacán)Agave lagunae Trel. - Guatemala (Amatitlan )Agave lechuguilla Torr. – Agave lecheguilla , Lecheguilla, Lechuguilla, Maguey lechuguilla - northern Mexico, New Mexico, TexasAgave × leopoldii W.Watson – AGM Agave littoralis (García-Mend. – Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca)Agave longibracteata (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Michoacán)Agave longiflora (Rose) G.D.Rowley – S. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuebo León)Agave longipes Trel. - Jamaica
M
A. murpheyi
N
O
Agave pablocarrilloi A.Vázquez – Mexico (Colima)Agave pachycentra Trel. - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, HondurasAgave palmeri Engelm. – Maguey de tlalcoyote, Palmer Agave, Palmer Century Plant, Palmer's Century Plant - Sonora, Chihuahua, Arizona, New MexicoAgave palustris (Rose) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Durango, Nayarit)Agave panamana Trel. – PanamaA. parviflora Agave paniculata (L.Hern. – Mexico (Yucatán)Agave papyrocarpa Trel. - Cuba (Isla de la Juventud )Agave parrasana A.Berger - CoahuilaAgave parryi Engelm. – Mezcal yapavai, Parry Agave, Parry's Agave - Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Arizona, New Mexico, TexasAgave parva (Aarón Rodr.) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero)Agave parvidentata Trel. - El Salvador, HondurasAgave parviflora Torr. in W.H.Emory – Maguey sbari, Smallflower Agave, Smallflower Century Plant, Little Princess Agave - Arizona, Sonora, ChihuahuaAgave pax Gir.-Cañas - ColombiaAgave peacockii Croucher - Puebla, OaxacaAgave pelona Gentry – Bald Agave - SonoraAgave pendula Schnittsp. - Chiapas, Veracruz, GuatemalaAgave petiolata Trel. - Curaçao Agave petrophila A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez - Puebla, Oaxaca, GuerreroAgave petskinil (R.A.Orellana – Mexico (Yucatán)Agave phillipsiana W.C.Hodgs. - Arizona (Coconino Co )Agave pintilla S.González - DurangoAgave planifolia S.Watson – Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)Agave platyphylla (Rose) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Durango, Zacatecas, Jalisco)Agave polianthes Thiede & Eggli – C. & S. MexicoAgave polianthiflora Gentry - Chihuahua, SonoraAgave polyacantha Haw. - Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, VeracruzAgave potatorum Zucc. – Drunkard Agave - Puebla, OaxacaAgave potosina B.L.Rob. & Greenm. – NE. MexicoAgave potreriana Trel. - MexicoAgave pratensis A.Berger – Mexico (Jalisco, Nayarit)Agave pringlei Engelm. ex Baker – Mexico (N. Baja California)Agave producta Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Guerrero)Agave promontorii Trel. - Baja California Sur Agave pubescens Regel & Ortgies – Mexico (Morelos, Oaxaca, Chiapas)Agave × pumila De Smet ex Baker = A. asperrima × A. nickelsiae - CoahuilaAgave quilae (Art.Castro & Aarón Rodr.) Thiede & Govaerts - Mexico (Jalisco)
R
S
A. sisalana Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck – Pulque, Maguey, Maguey de montaña - Mexico; naturalized in South Africa, Canary Islands, PortugalAgave sanpedroensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon – ArizonaAgave scabra Ortega – Mexico to NicaraguaAgave scaposa Gentry - Oaxaca, PueblaAgave schidigera Lem. - northern + central MexicoAgave schneideriana A.Berger - PueblaAgave schottii Engelm. – Maguey puercoesp n, Schott Agave, Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger, Leather Agave - Sonora, Arizona, New MexicoAgave sebastiana Greene - Baja California Agave seemanniana Jacobi - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, HondurasAgave shaferi Trel. - CubaAgave shawii Engelm. – Coastal Agave, Maguey primavera - Baja California , California (San Diego Co )Agave shrevei Gentry - Chihuahua, SonoraAgave sileri (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – SC. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas)Agave singuliflora (S.Watson) A.Berger – N. MexicoAgave sisalana Perrine – Maguey de Sisal, Sisal, Sisal Hemp - Chiapas; widely cultivated for fiber; naturalized in Spain, Ecuador, Brazil, Queensland, Central America, parts of Asia + Africa, various islandsAgave sobolifera Houtt. - Cuba, JamaicaAgave sobria Brandegee - Baja California Sur Agave spicata Cav. - Hidalgo Agave stictata Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (México State, Guerrero, Oaxaca)Agave striata Zucc. - northeastern MexicoAgave stricta Salm-Dyck - Oaxaca, PueblaAgave stringens Trel. - JaliscoAgave subsimplex Trel. - Sonora
T
A. tequilana
A. victoriae-reginae Agave umbrophila (García-Mend.) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca)Agave underwoodii Trel. - CubaAgave undulata Klotzsch – Mexico (Tamaulipas)Agave univittata Haw. - Mexico, TexasAgave utahensis Engelm. in S.Watson – Utah Agave - Utah, Nevada, California, ArizonaAgave valenciana Cházaro & A.Vázquez - JaliscoAgave variegata Jacobi – S. Texas to MexicoAgave vazquezgarciae Cházaro & J.A.Lomelí - JaliscoAgave vera-cruz Mill. - Veracruz, Oaxaca; naturalized in Indian Subcontinent, Thailand, various islandsAgave verdensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon – ArizonaAgave verhoekiae (García-Mend.) Thiede – Mexico (Oaxaca)Agave vicina Trel. - Netherlands Antilles, Venezuelan AntillesAgave victoriae-reginae T.Moore – Queen Victoria's Agave - Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, DurangoAgave vilmoriniana A.Berger – Octopus Agave - MexicoAgave virginica L. – C. & E. U.S.A. to NE. MexicoAgave vivipara L. - Netherlands Antilles, Venezuelan Antilles; naturalised in parts of Australia + AfricaAgave vizcainoensis Gentry - Baja California Sur
Agave wallisii Jacobi - ColombiaAgave warelliana Baker - Veracruz, Oaxaca, ChiapasAgave weberi J.F.Cels ex J.Poiss. – Maguey liso, Weber's Century Plant, Weber Agave - San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas; naturalized in southern TexasAgave wendtii Cházaro - SE VeracruzAgave wercklei F.A.C.Weber ex Wercklé - Costa Rica; naturalised in parts of AfricaAgave wildingii Tod. - CubaAgave wocomahi Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, JaliscoAgave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck – Century Plant, Maguey diente de tiburn - Hidalgo, San Luis PotosiAgave yavapaiensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon – ArizonaAgave zapopanensis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede – Mexico (Jalisco)Agave zebra Gentry - Sonora
Manfreda and Polianthes species are now included in Agave .[ 9] [ 10]
Agave argyrophylla , syn. of Furcraea parmentieri Agave aspera , syn. of Furcraea hexapetala Agave australis , syn. of Furcraea hexapetala Agave bulbosa , syn. of Furcraea foetida Agave campanulata , syn. of Furcraea tuberosa Agave commelyni , syn. of Furcraea foetida Agave cubensis , syn. of Furcraea hexapetala Agave foetida , syn. of Furcraea foetida Agave funifera , syn. of Hesperaloe funifera Agave gigantea , syn. of Furcraea foetida Agave hexapetala , syn. of Furcraea hexapetala Agave madagascariensis , syn. of Furcraea foetida Agave odorata , syn. of Furcraea hexapetala Agave spinosa , syn. of Furcraea tuberosa Agave toneliana , syn. of Furcraea parmentieri Agave tuberosa Mill. 1768 not (L.) Thiede & Eggli 1999, syn. of Furcraea tuberosa
References
^ Search for "Agave", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2014-06-24
^ Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of Continental North America i–xiv, 1–670. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
^ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps ^ Espejo Serena, A. & López-Ferrari, A.R. (1993). Las Monocotiledóneas Mexicanas una Sinopsis Florística 1(1): 1-76. Consejo Nacional de la Flora de México, México D.F.
^ Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F.
^ Fournet, J. (2002). Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 2: 1325-2538. Gondwana editions.
^ "Atlas of Living Australia, genus Agave" . Archived from the original on 2016-04-05. Retrieved 2015-04-10 .^ Starr, Greg; Etter, Julia; Kristen, Martin (2018). "Agave cremnophila (Agavaceae) a new species from southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico". Agave Cremnophila (Agavaceae) A New Species from Southeastern Oaxaca, Mexico . 90 (1): 39-45. ^ "Manfreda " , World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2019-04-13 ^ "Polianthes " , World Checklist of Selected Plant Families Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew , retrieved 2019-05-30
Wikimedia Commons has media related to
.
