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December 2023

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Agave americana subsp. americana

This subspecies name was first published in U.S. Department of Agriculture. Agriculture Handbook No. 399 [The Agave Family of Sonora] 1972 Link to external nomenclature reference

At the time of this classification snapshot, this subspecies name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000772518.

Synonyms of Agave americana subsp. americana

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Agave americana var. theometel (Zuccagni) A.Terracc. Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave : 41 (1885) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000628711
Agave altissima Zumagl. Fl. Pedem. 2: 50 (1864) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754117
Agave americana var. marginata Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 (1914) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754123
Agave americana var. medio-picta (Hovey) Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 (1914) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754124
Agave americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A.Terracc. Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave (1885) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754125
Agave americana f. picta (Salm-Dyck) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 , 1: 1037 (1895) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754126
Agave americana var. striata (Hovey) Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 (1914) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754127
Agave communis Gaterau Descr. Pl. Montauban : 70 (1789) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754265
Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot. Mem. Rev. Soc. Ci. Alzate Mexico 33: 100 (1913) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754267
Agave felina Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 128 (1920) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754364
Agave fuerstenbergii Jacobi Nachtr. Ord. Agav. 2: 72 (1871) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754390
Agave ingens A.Berger Hortus Mortolensis : 12 (1912) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754472
Agave melliflua Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 234 (1914) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754571
Agave milleri Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. : 71 (1812) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754579
Agave ornata Jacobi Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 59 (1865) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754630
Agave picta Salm-Dyck Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 88 (1859) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754681
Agave rasconensis Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 122 (1920) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754728
Agave subtilis Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 116 (1920) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754844
Agave subzonata Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 129 (1920) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754845
Agave zonata Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 234 (1914) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000754981
Agave americana var. subtilis (Trel.) Valenz.-Zap. & Nabhan Kaktus Klub 2004(1): 50 (2004) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000805183
Agave cordillerensis Lodé & Pino Int. Cact. Advent. 77: 13 (2008) Link to external nomenclature reference wfo-0000834933