List of ''Agave'' species

Formerly included

As of June 2014, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families recognizes 199 species of Agave and a number of natural hybrids.[1][2][3][4][5] [6][7]

A

A. americana
  • Agave acicularis Trel. - Cuba
  • Agave acklinicola Trel. - Bahamas
  • Agave × 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. - Cuba
  • Agave alboaustralis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede - Oaxaca
  • Agave albomarginata Gentry - northeastern Mexico
  • Agave 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 islands
  • Agave angustiarum Trel. - Mexico
  • Agave angustifolia Haw. - Mexico, Central America; naturalized in Spain, South Africa, Indian Subcontinent, various islands
  • Agave anomala Trel. - Bahamas, Cuba
  • Agave antillarum Descourt. - Cuba, Hispaniola
  • Agave applanata Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexico
  • Agave arcedianoensis Cházaro - Mexico (Jalisco)
  • Agave × arizonica Gentry & J.H.Weber = A. chrysantha × A. toumeyana var. bella - Arizona
  • Agave arubensis Hummelinck - Aruba
  • Agave asperrima Jacobi – Maguey spero, Rough Century Plant - Texas, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas
  • Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck - Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz
  • Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck – Swan's Neck Agave, Dragon Tree Agave, Foxtail Agave - Mexico; naturalised in southeastern Australia
  • Agave aurea Brandegee - Baja California Sur
  • Agave avellanidens Trel. - Baja California

B

A. bracteosa
  • Agave bahamana Trel. - Bahamas
  • Agave beauleriana Jacobi
  • Agave boldinghiana Trel. - Curaçao, Bonaire
  • Agave bovicornuta Gentry – Cowhorn Agave - Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora
  • Agave braceana Trel. - Bahamas (Abaco)
  • Agave bracteosa S.Watson ex Engelm. – Squid Agave - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León)
  • Agave brevipetala Trel. - Hispaniola
  • Agave brevispina Trel. - Hispaniola
  • Agave brittoniana Trel. - Cuba
  • Agave bulliana (Baker) Thiede & Eggli - Mexico

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, Honduras
  • Agave capensis Gentry - Baja California Sur
  • Agave caribaeicola Trel. - Lesser Antilles
  • Agave caymanensis Proctor - Cayman Islands
  • Agave cerulata Trel. - Baja California
  • Agave chazaroi A.Vázquez & O.M.Valencia - Jalisco
  • Agave chiapensis Jacobi - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala
  • Agave chrysantha Peebles – Golden Flowered Agave, Golden Flower Century Plant - Arizona
  • Agave chrysoglossa I.M.Johnst. - Baja California, Sonora
  • Agave cocui Trel. - Colombia, Venezuela (incl Isla Margarita), Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao
  • Agave collina Greenm. - Morelos, Guerrero
  • Agave colorata Gentry – Mescal ceniza - Sinaloa, Sonora
  • Agave congesta Gentry - Chiapas
  • Agave convallis Trel. - Oaxaca
  • Agave cremnophila - Oaxaca[8]
  • Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger - Colombia
  • Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger - Guerrero, Michoacán

D

A. deserti
  • Agave dasylirioides Jacobi & C.D.Bouché - Morelos, México State
  • Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber - Baja California Sur
  • Agave demeesteriana Jacobi - Sinaloa, Veracruz
  • Agave decipiens Baker – False Sisal - Florida; naturalised in parts of Africa
  • Agave delamateri W.C.Hodgs. & Slauson - Arizona
  • Agave deserti Engelm. – Desert Century Plant, Desert Agave, Maguey de Desierto - Baja California, California, Arizona
  • Agave difformis A.Berger - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí
  • Agave durangensis Gentry - Durango, Zacatecas
  • Agave dussiana Trel. - Lesser Antilles

E

  • Agave eggersiana Trel. – Eggers' Century Plant, St. Croix Agave - US Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. Thomas)
  • Agave ehrenbergii Jacobi - Cuba
  • Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi - Veracruz
  • Agave ensifera Jacobi
  • Agave evadens Trel. - Trinidad, Venezuelan Antilles (Isla Margarita)

F

  • Agave felgeri Gentry – Mescalito - Sonora
  • Agave filifera Salm-Dyck – Thread-leaf Agave - Querétaro to México State, Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí
  • Agave flexispina Trel. - Chihuahua, Durango
  • Agave fortiflora Gentry - Sonora
  • Agave fourcroydes Lem. – Henequen, Maguey Henequen, Mexican Sisal - Mexico, Guatemala; naturalized in West Indies, Italy, Canary Islands
  • Agave funkiana K.Koch & C.D.Bouché – Ixtle de Jaumav - Mexico (Tamaulipas to Chiapas)

G

A. guiengola
  • Agave garciae-mendozae Galván & L.Hern. - Hidalgo
  • Agave geminiflora (Tagl.) Ker Gawl. - Nayarit
  • Agave gentryi B.Ullrich - Nuevo León, Querétaro
  • Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexico, Guatemala
  • Agave gigantensis Gentry - Sierra de la Giganta in Baja California Sur
  • Agave gilbertii A.Berger - Mexico
  • Agave × glomeruliflora (Engelm.) A.Berger = A. havardiana × A. lechuguilla - Coahuila, western Texas
  • Agave gomezpompae Cházaro & Jimeno-Sevilla - Veracruz
  • Agave gracilipes Trel. – Maguey de pastizal, Slimfoot Century Plant - Chihuahua, southern New Mexico, western Texas
  • Agave grisea Trel. - Cuba
  • Agave guadalajarana Trel. – Maguey chato - Jalisco, Nayarit
  • Agave guiengola Gentry - Oaxaca
  • Agave gypsophila Gentry - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco

H

  • Agave harrisii Trel. - Jamaica
  • Agave havardiana Trel. – Havard's Century Plant, Chisos Agave, Maguey de Havard - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Texas
  • Agave hiemiflora Gentry - Chiapas, Guatemala
  • Agave hookeri Jacobi - Jalisco, Michoacán
  • Agave horrida Lem. ex Jacobi - Morelos, Veracruz, Oaxaca
  • Agave hurteri Trel. - Guatemala

I–J

  • Agave impressa Gentry - Sinaloa
  • Agave inaequidens K.Koch - Mexico
  • Agave inaguensis Trel. - Bahamas (Inagua), Turks & Caicos Islands
  • Agave indagatorum Trel. - Bahamas (Watling Island)
  • Agave intermixta Trel. - Haiti
  • Agave isthmensis A.García-Mend. & F.Palma - Oaxaca, Chiapas
  • Agave jaiboli Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua
  • Agave jarucoensis A.Álvarez - Cuba

K–L

A. lechuguilla
  • Agave karatto Mill. - Lesser Antilles, Netherlands Antilles
  • Agave karwinskii Zucc. - Oaxaca, Puebla
  • Agave kerchovei Lem. - Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla
  • Agave kewensis Jacobi - Chiapas
  • Agave lagunae Trel. - Guatemala (Amatitlan)
  • Agave lechuguilla Torr. – Agave lechuguilla, Lecheguilla, Lechuguilla, Maguey lechuguilla - northern Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
  • Agave longipes Trel. - Jamaica

M

  • Agave macroacantha Zucc. - Puebla, Oaxaca
  • Agave manantlanicola Cuevas & Santana-Michel - Jalisco
  • Agave mapisaga Trel. - Mexico
  • Agave margaritae Brandegee - Baja California Sur
  • Agave marmorata Roezl - Puebla, Oaxaca
  • Agave maximiliana Baker - Mexico
  • Agave mckelveyana Gentry – Mckelvey Agave, McKelvey's Century Plant - Arizona (Yavapai + Mohave Cos)
  • Agave microceps (Kimnach) A.Vázquez & Cházaro - Sinaloa
  • Agave millspaughii Trel. - Bahamas (Exuma)
  • Agave minor Proctor - Puerto Rico
  • Agave missionum Trel. – Corita - Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
A. murpheyi
  • Agave mitis Mart. - Hidalgo
  • Agave montana Villarreal - Nuevo León
  • Agave montium-sancticaroli García-Mend. - Tamaulipas
  • Agave moranii Gentry - Baja California
  • Agave multifilifera Gentry - Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa
  • Agave murpheyi Gibson – Maguey Bandeado, Murphey Agave, Murphey's Century Plant, Hohokam Agave - Arizona, Sonora

N

  • Agave nashii Trel. - Bahamas (Inagua)
  • Agave nayaritensis Gentry - Sinaloa, Nayarit
  • Agave neglecta Small – Wild Century Plant - Florida
  • Agave neocernua Thiede - Jalisco
  • Agave nickelsiae Rol.-Goss. - Coahuila
  • Agave nizandensis Cutak – Dwarf Octopus Agave - Oaxaca
  • Agave nuusaviorum García-Mend. - Oaxaca

O

  • Agave obscura Schiede ex Schltdl. - Mexico
  • Agave ocahui Gentry - Sonora
  • Agave ornithobroma Gentry – Maguey pajarito - Nayarit, Sinaloa
  • Agave oroensis Gentry - Zacatecas
  • Agave ortgiesiana (Baker) Trel. in L.H.Bailey - Colima, Jalisco
  • Agave ovatifolia G.D.Starr & Villarreal - Nuevo León

P

  • Agave pachycentra Trel. - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
  • Agave palmeri Engelm. – Maguey de tlalcoyote, Palmer Agave, Palmer Century Plant, Palmer's Century Plant - Sonora, Chihuahua, Arizona, New Mexico
A. parviflora
  • Agave papyrocarpa Trel. - Cuba (Isla de la Juventud)
  • Agave parrasana A.Berger - Coahuila
  • Agave parryi Engelm. – Mezcal yapavai, Parry Agave, Parry's Agave - Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
  • Agave parvidentata Trel. - El Salvador, Honduras
  • Agave parviflora Torr. in W.H.Emory – Maguey sbari, Smallflower Agave, Smallflower Century Plant, Little Princess Agave - Arizona, Sonora, Chihuahua
  • Agave pax Gir.-Cañas - Colombia
  • Agave peacockii Croucher - Puebla, Oaxaca
  • Agave pelona Gentry – Bald Agave - Sonora
  • Agave pendula Schnittsp. - Chiapas, Veracruz, Guatemala
  • Agave petiolata Trel. - Curaçao
  • Agave petrophila A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez - Puebla, Oaxaca, Guerrero
  • Agave phillipsiana W.C.Hodgs. - Arizona (Coconino Co)
  • Agave pintilla S.González - Durango
  • Agave polianthiflora Gentry - Chihuahua, Sonora
  • Agave polyacantha Haw. - Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz
  • Agave potatorum Zucc. – Drunkard Agave - Puebla, Oaxaca
  • Agave potreriana Trel. - Mexico
  • Agave promontorii Trel. - Baja California Sur
  • Agave × pumila De Smet ex Baker = A. asperrima × A. nickelsiae - Coahuila

Q

  • Agave quilae (Art.Castro & Aarón Rodr.) Thiede & Govaerts - Mexico (Jalisco)

R

  • Agave rhodacantha Trel. - Mexico
  • Agave rovelliana Tod. - Texas
  • Agave rutteniae Hummelinck - Aruba
  • Agave rzedowskiana P.Carrillo - Sinaloa, Jalisco

S

A. sisalana
  • Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck – Pulque, Maguey, Maguey de montaña - Mexico; naturalized in South Africa, Canary Islands
  • Agave scaposa Gentry - Oaxaca, Puebla
  • Agave schidigera Lem. - northern + central Mexico
  • Agave schneideriana A.Berger - Puebla
  • Agave schottii Engelm. – Maguey puercoesp n, Schott Agave, Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger, Leather Agave - Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico
  • Agave sebastiana Greene - Baja California
  • Agave seemanniana Jacobi - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras
  • Agave shaferi Trel. - Cuba
  • Agave shawii Engelm. – Coastal Agave, Maguey primavera - Baja California, California (San Diego Co)
  • Agave shrevei Gentry - Chihuahua, Sonora
  • Agave sisalana Perrine – Maguey de Sisal, Sisal, Sisal Hemp - Chiapas; widely cultivated for fiber; naturalized in Spain, Ecuador, Queensland, Central America, parts of Asia + Africa, various islands
  • Agave sobolifera Houtt. - Cuba, Jamaica
  • Agave sobria Brandegee - Baja California Sur
  • Agave spicata Cav. - Hidalgo
  • Agave striata Zucc. - northeastern Mexico
  • Agave stricta Salm-Dyck - Oaxaca, Puebla
  • Agave stringens Trel. - Jalisco
  • Agave subsimplex Trel. - Sonora

T

A. tequilana
  • Agave tecta Trel. - Guatemala
  • Agave tenuifolia Zamudio & E.Sánchez - Querétaro
  • Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber – Mezcal azul tequilero, Tequila Agave, Weber Blue Agave - Mexico
  • Agave thomasiae Trel. - Guatemala
  • Agave titanota Gentry - Puebla, Oaxaca
  • Agave toumeyana Trel. – Toumey Agave, Toumey's Century Plant - Arizona
  • Agave triangularis Jacobi - Puebla, Oaxaca
  • Agave tubulata Trel. - Cuba
  • Agave turneri R.H.Webb & Salazar-Ceseña - Baja California

U–V

A. victoriae-reginae
  • Agave underwoodii Trel. - Cuba
  • Agave univittata Haw. - Mexico, Texas
  • Agave utahensis Engelm. in S.Watson – Utah Agave - Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona
  • Agave valenciana Cházaro & A.Vázquez - Jalisco
  • Agave vazquezgarciae Cházaro & J.A.Lomelí - Jalisco
  • Agave vera-cruz Mill. - Veracruz, Oaxaca; naturalized in Indian Subcontinent, Thailand, various islands
  • Agave vicina Trel. - Netherlands Antilles, Venezuelan Antilles
  • Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore – Queen Victoria's Agave - Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Durango
  • Agave vilmoriniana A.Berger – Octopus Agave - Mexico
  • Agave vivipara L. - Netherlands Antilles, Venezuelan Antilles; naturalised in parts of Australia + Africa
  • Agave vizcainoensis Gentry - Baja California Sur

W–Z

  • Agave wallisii Jacobi - Colombia
  • Agave warelliana Baker - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
  • Agave weberi J.F.Cels ex J.Poiss. – Maguey liso, Weber's Century Plant, Weber Agave - San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas; naturalized in southern Texas
  • Agave wercklei F.A.C.Weber ex Wercklé - Costa Rica; naturalised in parts of Africa
  • Agave wildingii Tod. - Cuba
  • Agave wocomahi Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Jalisco
  • Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck – Century Plant, Maguey diente de tiburn - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi
  • Agave zebra Gentry - Sonora

Formerly included

  1. Agave alibertii, syn of Manfreda virginica
  2. Agave argyrophylla, syn of Furcraea parmentieri
  3. Agave aspera, syn of Furcraea hexapetala
  4. Agave australis, syn of Furcraea hexapetala
  5. Agave bicolor, syn of Polianthes bicolor
  6. Agave × blissii, syn of Polianthes × blissii
  7. Agave brachystachys, syn of Manfreda scabra
  8. Agave brunnea, syn of Manfreda brunnea
  9. Agave bulbosa, syn of Furcraea foetida
  10. Agave × bundrantii, syn of Polianthes × bundrantii
  11. Agave campanulata, syn of Furcraea tuberosa
  12. Agave chamelensis, syn of Manfreda chamelensis
  13. Agave commelyni, syn of Furcraea foetida
  14. Agave conduplicata, syn of Manfreda virginica
  15. Agave confertiflora, syn of Polianthes densiflora
  16. Agave cubensis, syn of Furcraea hexapetala
  17. Agave debilis, syn of Manfreda pringlei
  18. Agave dolichantha, syn of Polianthes longiflora
  19. Agave drimiifolia, syn of Manfreda undulata
  20. Agave duplicata, syn of Polianthes geminiflora
  21. Agave foetida, syn of Furcraea foetida
  22. Agave funifera, syn of Hesperaloe funifera
  23. Agave fusca, syn of Manfreda fusca
  24. Agave galvaniae, syn of Manfreda galvaniae
  25. Agave gigantea, syn of Furcraea foetida
  26. Agave gracilis A.Berger 1915 not Jacobi 1871 nor A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez 1998, syn of Manfreda elongata
  27. Agave gracillima, syn of Manfreda elongata
  28. Agave guttata, syn of Manfreda guttata
  29. Agave hauniensis, syn of Manfreda hauniensis
  30. Agave hexapetala, syn of Furcraea hexapetala
  31. Agave howardii, syn of Polianthes howardii
  32. Agave humilis, syn of Manfreda scabra
  33. Agave involuta, syn of Manfreda involuta
  34. Agave jaliscana, syn of Manfreda jaliscana
  35. Agave langlassei, syn of Manfreda scabra
  36. Agave lata, syn of Manfreda virginica
  37. Agave littoralis, syn of Manfreda littoralis
  38. Agave longibracteata, syn of Manfreda longibracteata
  39. Agave longiflora, syn of Manfreda longiflora
  40. Agave maculata, syn of Manfreda maculosa
  41. Agave maculosa, syn of Manfreda maculosa
  42. Agave madagascariensis, syn of Furcraea foetida
  43. Agave michoacana, syn of Polianthes michoacana
  44. Agave neonelsonii, syn of Polianthes nelsonii
  45. Agave neopringlei, syn of Polianthes pringlei
  46. Agave odorata, syn of Furcraea hexapetala
  47. Agave oliveriana, syn of Manfreda scabra
  48. Agave pallida, syn of Manfreda virginica
  49. Agave palustris, syn of Polianthes palustris
  50. Agave planifolia, syn of Manfreda planifolia
  51. Agave platyphylla, syn of Polianthes platyphylla
  52. Agave polianthes, syn of Polianthes tuberosa
  53. Agave polianthoides, syn of Manfreda scabra
  54. Agave potosina, syn of Manfreda potosina
  55. Agave pratensis, syn of Manfreda rubescens
  56. Agave producta, syn of Polianthes elongata
  57. Agave protuberans, syn of Manfreda guttata
  58. Agave pubescens, syn of Manfreda pubescens
  59. Agave revoluta, syn of Manfreda revoluta
  60. Agave rosei, syn of Polianthes montana
  61. Agave roseopictus, syn of Breynia disticha
  62. Agave saponaria, syn of Manfreda scabra
  63. Agave scabra Ortega 1797 not Salm-Dyck 1859, syn of Manfreda scabra
  64. Agave sessiliflora, syn of Manfreda scabra
  65. Agave sileri, syn of Manfreda sileri
  66. Agave singuliflora, syn of Manfreda singuliflora
  67. Agave spinosa, syn of Furcraea tuberosa
  68. Agave stictata, syn of Manfreda maculata
  69. Agave tigrina, syn of Manfreda virginica
  70. Agave toneliana, syn of Furcraea parmentieri
  71. Agave tuberosa Mill. 1768 not (L.) Thiede & Eggli 1999, syn of Furcraea tuberosa
  72. Agave undulata, syn of Manfreda undulata
  73. Agave variegata, syn of Manfreda variegata
  74. Agave virginica L. 1753 not Mill. 1768 nor Baker 1883, syn of Manfreda virginica

References

  1. ↑ Search for "Agave", World Checklist of Selected Plant Families, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew, retrieved 2014-06-24
  2. ↑ Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of Continental North America i–xiv, 1–670. The University of Arizona Press, Tucson.
  3. ↑ Biota of North America Program, 2013 county distribution maps
  4. ↑ 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..
  5. ↑ Davidse, G. & al. (eds.) (1994). Flora Mesoamericana 6: 1-543. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México, D.F..
  6. ↑ Fournet, J. (2002). Flore illustrée des phanérogames de Guadeloupe et de Martinique 2: 1325-2538. Gondwana editions.
  7. ↑ Atlas of Living Australia, genus Agave
  8. ↑ 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.
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