- Order
- Asparagales
- Family
- Asparagaceae
- Genus
- Agave
Name and source scope
Accepted name in WCVP 16, 4 June 2026 edition. This card documents nomenclature. Inclusion in the succulent scope is supported by the cited source. [27-WWW]
First publication of the name · Sp. Pl.: 323 (1753)
Plants of the World Online [2-WWW]
Synonyms and earlier names
- Agave abrupta Trel.
- Agave altissima Zumagl.
- Agave americana f. picta (Salm-Dyck) Voss
- Agave americana f. virginica Voss
- Agave americana mediopicta Hovey
- Agave americana striata Hovey
- Agave americana subsp. expansa (Jacobi) Hochstätter · homotypic synonym
- Agave americana subsp. oaxacensis (Gentry) Hochstätter · homotypic synonym
- Agave americana var. elegantissima W.Bull ex J.Dix
- Agave americana var. marginata Trel.
- Agave americana var. mediopicta (Hovey) Trel.
- Agave americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A.Terracc.
- Agave americana var. striata (Hovey) Trel.
- Agave americana var. subtilis (Trel.) Valenz.-Zap. & Nabhan
- Agave americana var. theometel (Zuccagni) A.Terracc.
- Agave americana var. variegata Hook.
- Agave beaulueriana Jacobi
- Agave communis Gaterau
- Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot.
- Agave cordillerensis Lodé & Pino
- Agave europaea Vis. ex Degen
- Agave expansa Jacobi · homotypic synonym
- Agave felina Trel.
- Agave franzosini (Sprenger) P.Sewell · homotypic synonym
- Agave fuerstenbergii Jacobi
- Agave gracilispina (Rol.-Goss.) Engelm. ex Trel.
- Agave ingens A.Berger
- Agave killischea Rafarin
- Agave melliflua Trel.
- Agave milleri Haw.
- Agave monstruosa Rafarin
- Agave ornata Jacobi
- Agave picta Salm-Dyck
- Agave rasconensis Trel.
- Agave salmiana var. gracilispina Rol.-Goss.
- Agave subtilis Trel.
- Agave subzonata Trel.
- Agave theometel Zuccagni
- Agave zonata Trel.
- Aloe americana (L.) Crantz · homotypic synonym
Accepted infraspecific taxa
- Agave americana subsp. americana
- Agave americana subsp. protamericana Gentry
- Agave americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry
- Agave americana var. franzosini Sprenger
- Agave americana var. oaxacensis Gentry