List of Agave species
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 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 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 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 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
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
- Agave alibertii, syn of Manfreda virginica
- Agave argyrophylla, syn of Furcraea parmentieri
- Agave aspera, syn of Furcraea hexapetala
- Agave australis, syn of Furcraea hexapetala
- Agave bicolor, syn of Polianthes bicolor
- Agave × blissii, syn of Polianthes × blissii
- Agave brachystachys, syn of Manfreda scabra
- Agave brunnea, syn of Manfreda brunnea
- Agave bulbosa, syn of Furcraea foetida
- Agave × bundrantii, syn of Polianthes × bundrantii
- Agave campanulata, syn of Furcraea tuberosa
- Agave chamelensis, syn of Manfreda chamelensis
- Agave commelyni, syn of Furcraea foetida
- Agave conduplicata, syn of Manfreda virginica
- Agave confertiflora, syn of Polianthes densiflora
- Agave cubensis, syn of Furcraea hexapetala
- Agave debilis, syn of Manfreda pringlei
- Agave dolichantha, syn of Polianthes longiflora
- Agave drimiifolia, syn of Manfreda undulata
- Agave duplicata, syn of Polianthes geminiflora
- Agave foetida, syn of Furcraea foetida
- Agave funifera, syn of Hesperaloe funifera
- Agave fusca, syn of Manfreda fusca
- Agave galvaniae, syn of Manfreda galvaniae
- Agave gigantea, syn of Furcraea foetida
- Agave gracilis A.Berger 1915 not Jacobi 1871 nor A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez 1998, syn of Manfreda elongata
- Agave gracillima, syn of Manfreda elongata
- Agave guttata, syn of Manfreda guttata
- Agave hauniensis, syn of Manfreda hauniensis
- Agave hexapetala, syn of Furcraea hexapetala
- Agave howardii, syn of Polianthes howardii
- Agave humilis, syn of Manfreda scabra
- Agave involuta, syn of Manfreda involuta
- Agave jaliscana, syn of Manfreda jaliscana
- Agave langlassei, syn of Manfreda scabra
- Agave lata, syn of Manfreda virginica
- Agave littoralis, syn of Manfreda littoralis
- Agave longibracteata, syn of Manfreda longibracteata
- Agave longiflora, syn of Manfreda longiflora
- Agave maculata, syn of Manfreda maculosa
- Agave maculosa, syn of Manfreda maculosa
- Agave madagascariensis, syn of Furcraea foetida
- Agave michoacana, syn of Polianthes michoacana
- Agave neonelsonii, syn of Polianthes nelsonii
- Agave neopringlei, syn of Polianthes pringlei
- Agave odorata, syn of Furcraea hexapetala
- Agave oliveriana, syn of Manfreda scabra
- Agave pallida, syn of Manfreda virginica
- Agave palustris, syn of Polianthes palustris
- Agave planifolia, syn of Manfreda planifolia
- Agave platyphylla, syn of Polianthes platyphylla
- Agave polianthes, syn of Polianthes tuberosa
- Agave polianthoides, syn of Manfreda scabra
- Agave potosina, syn of Manfreda potosina
- Agave pratensis, syn of Manfreda rubescens
- Agave producta, syn of Polianthes elongata
- Agave protuberans, syn of Manfreda guttata
- Agave pubescens, syn of Manfreda pubescens
- Agave revoluta, syn of Manfreda revoluta
- Agave rosei, syn of Polianthes montana
- Agave roseopictus, syn of Breynia disticha
- Agave saponaria, syn of Manfreda scabra
- Agave scabra Ortega 1797 not Salm-Dyck 1859, syn of Manfreda scabra
- Agave sessiliflora, syn of Manfreda scabra
- Agave sileri, syn of Manfreda sileri
- Agave singuliflora, syn of Manfreda singuliflora
- Agave spinosa, syn of Furcraea tuberosa
- Agave stictata, syn of Manfreda maculata
- Agave tigrina, syn of Manfreda virginica
- Agave toneliana, syn of Furcraea parmentieri
- Agave tuberosa Mill. 1768 not (L.) Thiede & Eggli 1999, syn of Furcraea tuberosa
- Agave undulata, syn of Manfreda undulata
- Agave variegata, syn of Manfreda variegata
- Agave virginica L. 1753 not Mill. 1768 nor Baker 1883, syn of Manfreda virginica
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
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