Nomenclature: wfo-4000000928
Agave Sp. Pl. : 323 (1753)
Nomenclatural References
- literature : Sp. Pl. 1: 323. 1753 [1 May 1753] BHL link from IPNI metadata.
- person : Agave Named for Agave - mythological figure (Greek mythology). [Source 10.3897/BDJ.11.e114408]
- person : Carl Linnaeus (1707-1778) Based on occurrence of standard abbreviation 'L.' in the authors string.
- database : IPNI record: 325900-2
- database : The Plant List version 1.0, record: Asparagaceae Agave
- database : The Plant List version 1.1, record: Asparagaceae Agave
Taxonomy: Accepted in 2022-12
Occurs in: 2018-07 : 2019-03 : 2019-05 : 2021-12 : 2022-06 : 2022-12 : 2023-06 : 2023-12Placement: Code > Angiosperms > Asparagales > Asparagaceae > Agave
Subtaxa
- Agave abisaii
- Agave acicularis
- Agave acklinicola
- Agave × ajoensis
- Agave aktites
- Agave albescens
- Agave alboaustralis
- Agave albomarginata
- Agave albopilosa
- Agave americana
- Agave amica
- Agave andreae
- Agave angustiarum
- Agave angustifolia
- Agave anomala
- Agave antillarum
- Agave apedicellata
- Agave applanata
- Agave arcedianoensis
- Agave × arizonica
- Agave arubensis
- Agave asperrima
- Agave atrovirens
- Agave attenuata
- Agave aurea
- Agave avellanidens
- Agave azurea
- Agave bahamana
- Agave bicolor
- Agave boldinghiana
- Agave bovicornuta
- Agave braceana
- Agave bracteosa
- Agave brevipetala
- Agave brevispina
- Agave brittoniana
- Agave brunnea
- Agave bulbulifera
- Agave bulliana
- Agave cacozela
- Agave cajalbanensis
- Agave calodonta
- Agave cantala
- Agave capensis
- Agave caribaeicola
- Agave caymanensis
- Agave cerulata
- Agave chamelensis
- Agave chazaroi
- Agave chiapensis
- Agave chrysantha
- Agave chrysoglossa
- Agave cocui
- Agave coetocapnia
- Agave collina
- Agave colorata
- Agave confertiflora
- Agave congesta
- Agave convallis
- Agave cundinamarcensis
- Agave cupreata
- Agave datylio
- Agave de-meesteriana
- Agave debilis
- Agave decipiens
- Agave delamateri
- Agave deserti
- Agave difformis
- Agave doctorensis
- Agave dolichantha
- Agave durangensis
- Agave dussiana
- Agave eggersiana
- Agave ellemeetiana
- Agave ensifera
- Agave evadens
- Agave felgeri
- Agave filifera
- Agave flexispina
- Agave fortiflora
- Agave fourcroydes
- Agave funkiana
- Agave fusca
- Agave galvaniae
- Agave garciae-mendozae
- Agave geminiflora
- Agave gentryi
- Agave ghiesbreghtii
- Agave gigantensis
- Agave gilbertii
- Agave × glomeruliflora
- Agave gomezpompae
- Agave gracilipes
- Agave gracillima
- Agave graminifolia
- Agave grisea
- Agave guadalajarana
- Agave guerrerensis
- Agave guiengola
- Agave guttata
- Agave gypsophila
- Agave harrisii
- Agave hauniensis
- Agave havardiana
- Agave hiemiflora
- Agave hookeri
- Agave horrida
- Agave howardii
- Agave hurteri
- Agave impressa
- Agave inaequidens
- Agave inaguensis
- Agave indagatorum
- Agave intermixta
- Agave involuta
- Agave isthmensis
- Agave jaiboli
- Agave jaliscana
- Agave jarucoensis
- Agave jimenoi
- Agave justosierrana
- Agave karatto
- Agave karwinskii
- Agave kavandivi
- Agave kerchovei
- Agave kewensis
- Agave kristenii
- Agave lagunae
- Agave lechuguilla
- Agave littoralis
- Agave longibracteata
- Agave longiflora
- Agave longipes
- Agave macroacantha
- Agave maculata
- Agave maculata
- Agave madrensis
- Agave manantlanicola
- Agave mapisaga
- Agave margaritae
- Agave marmorata
- Agave maximiliana
- Agave mckelveyana
- Agave melanacantha
- Agave michoacana
- Agave microceps
- Agave millspaughii
- Agave minor
- Agave missionum
- Agave mitis
- Agave mitis
- Agave montana
- Agave montium-sancticaroli
- Agave moranii
- Agave multicolor
- Agave multifilifera
- Agave murpheyi
- Agave nanchititlensis
- Agave nashii
- Agave nayaritensis
- Agave neocernua
- Agave neonelsonii
- Agave neopringlei
- Agave nickelsii
- Agave nizandensis
- Agave nuusaviorum
- Agave oaxacana
- Agave obscura
- Agave ocahui
- Agave offoyana
- Agave origiesiana
- Agave ornithobroma
- Agave oroensis
- Agave ortgiesiana
- Agave ortgiesiana
- Agave ovatifolia
- Agave pablocarrilloi
- Agave pachycentra
- Agave palmeri
- Agave palustris
- Agave panamana
- Agave paniculata
- Agave papyrocarpa
- Agave parrasana
- Agave parryi
- Agave parva
- Agave parvidentata
- Agave parviflora
- Agave peacockii
- Agave pelona
- Agave pendula
- Agave petiolata
- Agave petrophila
- Agave petskinil
- Agave phillipsiana
- Agave pintilla
- Agave planifolia
- Agave platyphylla
- Agave polianthiflora
- Agave polyacantha
- Agave potatorum
- Agave potreriana
- Agave pratensis
- Agave pringlei
- Agave producta
- Agave pubescens
- Agave × pumila
- Agave quilae
- Agave revoluta
- Agave rhodacantha
- Agave rosei
- Agave rovelliana
- Agave rutteniae
- Agave rzedowskiana
- Agave salmiana
- Agave scabra
- Agave scaposa
- Agave schidigera
- Agave schneideriana
- Agave schottii
- Agave sebastiana
- Agave seemanniana
- Agave shaferi
- Agave shawii
- Agave shrevei
- Agave sileri
- Agave singuliflora
- Agave sisalana
- Agave sobolifera
- Agave sobria
- Agave spicata
- Agave stictata
- Agave striata
- Agave stricta
- Agave stringens
- Agave subsimplex
- Agave tecta
- Agave temacapulinensis
- Agave tenuifolia
- Agave tequilana
- Agave thomasiae
- Agave titanota
- Agave toumeyana
- Agave triangularis
- Agave tubulata
- Agave turneri
- Agave umbrophila
- Agave underwoodii
- Agave undulata
- Agave univittata
- Agave utahensis
- Agave valenciana
- Agave variegata
- Agave vazquezgarciae
- Agave vera-cruz
- Agave verdensis
- Agave verhoekiae
- Agave vicina
- Agave victoriae-reginae
- Agave vilmoriniana
- Agave virginica
- Agave vivipara
- Agave vizcainoensis
- Agave wallisii
- Agave warelliana
- Agave weberi
- Agave wercklei
- Agave wildingii
- Agave wocomahi
- Agave xylonacantha
- Agave yavapaiensis
- Agave zapopanensis
- Agave zebra
Synonyms
- Allibertia
- Bonapartea
- Coetocapnia
- Ghiesbreghtia
- Littaea
- Manfreda
- Polianthes
- Prochnyanthes
- Pseudobravoa
- Runyonia
- Zetocapnia
- Bravanthes
- Mangave
Unplaced Names
- Agave abortiva
- Agave aloides
- Agave americana var. elegantissima
- Agave angustifolia subsp. rubescens
- Agave angustifolia var. pes-mulae
- Agave asperrima
- Agave banlan
- Agave baxteri
- Agave bernhardii
- Agave bessereriana
- Agave blissii
- Agave bulbosa
- Agave bundrantii
- Agave caerulescens var. grisea
- Agave calciphila
- Agave calderonii
- Agave cantala
- Agave caratas
- Agave cavanillesii
- Agave celsiana
- Agave celsii var. celsii
- Agave cerulata subsp. subcerulata
- Agave coccinea
- Agave coerulescens
- Agave concinna
- Agave consideranti
- Agave cookei
- Agave cremnophila
- Agave cryptica
- Agave cucullata
- Agave davillonii
- Agave dealbata
- Agave dealbata var. nana
- Agave deamiana
- Agave decaisneana
- Agave diacantha
- Agave elizae
- Agave entea
- Agave erosa
- Agave erubescens
- Agave europaea
- Agave ferdinandcortezii
- Agave filifera var. superba
- Agave filipes var. filamentosa
- Agave fragrantissima
- Agave friderici
- Agave galeottei
- Agave garciaruizii
- Agave geminiflora var. filamentosa
- Agave gilbeyi
- Agave glabra
- Agave glaucescens
- Agave gonzaloi
- Agave grandibracteata
- Agave granulosa
- Agave guadarramae
- Agave guccifolia
- Agave guedeneyri
- Agave guemensis
- Agave gutierreziana
- Agave henriquesii
- Agave heteracantha var. nigrescens
- Agave horizontalis
- Agave humboldtiana
- Agave infiernilloensis
- Agave inghamii
- Agave kellermaniana
- Agave kerchovei var. inermis
- Agave kerchovei var. macrodontha
- Agave killischea
- Agave knightiana
- Agave lamprochlora
- Agave laticincta
- Agave latifolia
- Agave lechuguilla var. caerulescens
- Agave lemairei
- Agave lempana
- Agave leopoldea
- Agave leopoldii
- Agave lexii
- Agave lindleyi
- Agave littaeaoides
- Agave longisepala
- Agave macroacantha var. concinna
- Agave macroacantha var. macrantha
- Agave malinezii
- Agave maria-patriciae
- Agave massiliensis
- Agave maximilianea
- Agave maximowicziana
- Agave micracantha var. albidior
- Agave micracantha var. mitis
- Agave micracantha var. picta
- Agave minarum
- Agave monostachya
- Agave monstruosa
- Agave montezumae
- Agave mooreana
- Agave multiflora
- Agave muxii
- Agave neokewensis
- Agave nigrescens
- Agave nigrescens f. inermis
- Agave nissoni
- Agave noacksii
- Agave oblongata
- Agave occidentalis
- Agave oteroi
- Agave pallida
- Agave pampaniniana
- Agave paupera
- Agave pavoliniana
- Agave perlucida
- Agave perringea
- Agave planera
- Agave potosina
- Agave prostrata
- Agave pulcherrima
- Agave pulverulenta
- Agave punctata
- Agave purpurea
- Agave regia
- Agave robusta
- Agave romani
- Agave romanii
- Agave rosalesii
- Agave rossellonensis
- Agave rudis
- Agave salmiana var. glauca
- Agave sanpedroensis
- Agave santanamichelii
- Agave saponifera
- Agave schmithiana
- Agave sect. Antillanae
- Agave sect. Antillares
- Agave sect. Bahamanae
- Agave sect. Caribaeae
- Agave sect. Columbianae
- Agave sect. Marmoratae
- Agave sect. Polianthes
- Agave sect. Sisalanae
- Agave ser. Bravoa
- Agave ser. Brunneae
- Agave ser. Guttatae
- Agave ser. Scabraea
- Agave ser. Virginicae
- Agave ser. Yucatanae
- Agave serrata
- Agave shrevei subsp. matapensis
- Agave simoni
- Agave simplex
- Agave smithiana
- Agave sobria subsp. frailensis
- Agave sordida
- Agave subinermis
- Agave sylvesteriana
- Agave taeniata
- Agave teoxamulina
- Agave thomsoniana
- Agave toneliana
- Agave triangularis var. subintegra
- Agave troubetskoyana
- Agave univittata var. lophantha
- Agave univittata var. major
- Agave vandervinneni
- Agave vanderwinneni
- Agave venustuliflora
- Agave victoriae-reginae f. viridis
- Agave villarum
- Agave virginiana var. tigrina
- Agave viridissima
- Agave vivipara
- Agave vivipara var. bermejo
- Agave washingtonensis
- Agave watsonii
- Agave weissenburgensis
- Agave wendtii
- Agave wiesenbergensis
- Agave winteriana
- Agave woodrowii
- Agave zuccarinii