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List of Agave species

List of Agave species is a biology topic covered in the lgStudy science library. This page brings together a partial reference excerpt, illustrations, worked examples, real-world applications and a short study plan, so you can understand List of Agave species rather than just read about it. In short: As of May 2019, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and Plants of the World Online recognize about 270 species of Agave plus a number of natural hybrids. This includes species formerly placed in Manfreda and Polianthes.

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Reference excerpt

As of May 2019, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and Plants of the World Online recognize about 270 species of Agave plus a number of natural hybrids. This includes species formerly placed in Manfreda and Polianthes. Other sources may use different circumscriptions.

Agave abisaii A.Vázquez & Nieves – Mexico (Jalisco) 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 amica (Medik.) Thiede & Govaerts – Mexico Agave andreae Sahagún & A.Vázquez – Mexico (Michoacán) 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 apedicellata Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, San Luis Potosí) 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; naturalized in southeastern Australia Agave aurea Brandegee - Baja California Sur Agave avellanidens Trel. - Baja California Agave azurea R.H.Webb & G.D.Starr – Mexico (Baja California Sur)

Agave bahamana Trel. - Bahamas Agave beaulueriana Jacobi = Agave americana var. franzosini Agave bicolor (E.Solano & García-Mend.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Oaxaca) 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 brunnea S.Watson – NE. Mexico Agave bulbulifera (Castillejos & E.Solano) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero) Agave bulliana (Baker) Thiede & Eggli - Mexico

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 aurea var. capensis Agave caribaeicola Trel. - Lesser Antilles Agave caymanensis Proctor - Cayman Islands Agave cerulata Trel. - Baja California Agave chamelensis (E.J.Lott & Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco) 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 coetocapnia (M.Roem.) Govaerts & Thiede – Mexico Agave collina Greenm. - Morelos, Guerrero Agave colorata Gentry – Mescal ceniza - Sinaloa, Sonora Agave confertiflora Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Chihuahua) Agave congesta Gentry - Chiapas Agave convallis Trel. - Oaxaca Agave cremnophila - Oaxaca Agave cryptica G.D.Starr & T.J.Davis - Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas) Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger - Colombia Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger - Guerrero, Michoacán

Agave dasylirioides Jacobi & C.D.Bouché - Morelos, México State Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber - Baja California Sur Agave debilis A.Berger – C. & SW. Mexico (to Hidalgo) Agave decipiens Baker – False Sisal - Florida; naturalized in parts of Africa Agave delamateri W.C.Hodgs. & Slauson - Arizona Agave demeesteriana Jacobi - Sinaloa, Veracruz Agave deserti Engelm. – Desert Century Plant, Desert Agave, Maguey de Desierto - Baja California, California, Arizona Agave difformis A.Berger - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí Agave doctorensis L.Hern. & Magallán – Mexico (Querétaro) Agave dolichantha Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán) 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 mitis Mart. Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi – Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca) 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) Agave fusca (Ravenna) Thiede & Eggli – Guatemala

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Illustrations

List of Agave species: A. chiapensis — A. chiapensis

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In the classroom: List of Agave species is common in secondary-school and first-year university syllabi. It links to neighbouring topics Agave, Lists of plant species, so understanding it makes those chapters shorter.
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