List of Agave species

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.^[1] Other sources may use different circumscriptions.^{[2][3][4][5][6][7]}

A[]

• A.Vázquez & Nieves – Mexico (Jalisco)
• Trel. - Cuba
• Trel. - Bahamas
• Agave × ajoensis W.C.Hodgs. - Pima County in Arizona = A. deserti var. simplex × A. schottii var. schottii
• Gentry - Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora)
• Trel. - Cuba
• (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede - Oaxaca
• Gentry - northeastern Mexico
• 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
• Sahagún & A.Vázquez – Mexico (Michoacán)
• Trel. - Mexico
• Agave angustifolia Haw. - Mexico, Central America; naturalized in Spain, South Africa, Indian Subcontinent, various islands
• Agave anomala Trel. - Bahamas, Cuba
• Descourt. - Cuba, Hispaniola
• Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, San Luis Potosí)
• Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexico
• Cházaro - Mexico (Jalisco)
• Agave × arizonica Gentry & J.H.Weber = A. chrysantha × A. toumeyana var. bella - Arizona
• Hummelinck - Aruba
• 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
• Brandegee - Baja California Sur
• Trel. - Baja California
• R.H.Webb & G.D.Starr – Mexico (Baja California Sur)

B[]

• Trel. - Bahamas
• Agave beaulueriana Jacobi = Agave americana var. franzosinii
• (E.Solano & García-Mend.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Oaxaca)
• Trel. - Curaçao, Bonaire
• Agave bovicornuta Gentry – Cowhorn Agave - Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora
• Trel. - Bahamas (Abaco)
• Agave bracteosa S.Watson ex Engelm. – Squid Agave - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León)
• Trel. - Hispaniola
• Trel. - Hispaniola
• Trel. - Cuba
• S.Watson – NE. Mexico
• (Castillejos & E.Solano) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero)
• (Baker) Thiede & Eggli - Mexico

C[]

• Trel. - Bahamas (Eleuthera)
• A.Álvarez - Cuba
• † A.Berger - extinct
• (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck – Cantala, Maguey de la India - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras
• Agave capensis Gentry - Baja California Sur = var. capensis
• Trel. - Lesser Antilles
• Agave caymanensis Proctor - Cayman Islands
• Trel. - Baja California
• (E.J.Lott & Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco)
• A.Vázquez & O.M.Valencia - Jalisco
• Agave chiapensis Jacobi - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala
• Agave chrysantha Peebles – Golden Flowered Agave, Golden Flower Century Plant - Arizona
• I.M.Johnst. - Baja California, Sonora
• Trel. - Colombia, Venezuela (incl Isla Margarita), Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao
• Agave coetocapnia (M.Roem.) Govaerts & Thiede – Mexico
• Greenm. - Morelos, Guerrero
• Gentry – Mescal ceniza - Sinaloa, Sonora
• Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Chihuahua)
• Gentry - Chiapas
• Trel. - Oaxaca
• - Oaxaca^[8]
• A.Berger - Colombia
• Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger - Guerrero, Michoacán

D[]

• Jacobi & C.D.Bouché - Morelos, México State
• Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber - Baja California Sur
• A.Berger – C. & SW. Mexico (to Hidalgo)
• Agave decipiens Baker – False Sisal - Florida; naturalised 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
• A.Berger - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí
• L.Hern. & Magallán – Mexico (Querétaro)
• Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán)
• Gentry - Durango, Zacatecas
• 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.
• Jacobi – Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca)
• Jacobi
• Trel. - Trinidad, Venezuelan Antilles (Isla Margarita)

F[]

• Gentry – Mescalito - Sonora
• Agave filifera Salm-Dyck – Thread-leaf Agave - Querétaro to México State, Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí
• Trel. - Chihuahua, Durango
• Gentry - Sonora
• Agave fourcroydes Lem. – Henequen, Maguey Henequen, Mexican Sisal - Mexico, Guatemala; naturalized in West Indies, Italy, Canary Islands
• K.Koch & C.D.Bouché – Ixtle de Jaumav - Mexico (Tamaulipas to Chiapas)
• (Ravenna) Thiede & Eggli – Guatemala

G[]

• (A.Castañeda – Mexico (México State)
• Galván & L.Hern. - Hidalgo
• Agave geminiflora (Tagl.) Ker Gawl. - Nayarit
• B.Ullrich - Nuevo León, Querétaro
• Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexico, Guatemala
• Agave gigantensis Gentry - Sierra de la Giganta in Baja California Sur
• A.Berger - Mexico
• Agave × glomeruliflora (Engelm.) A.Berger = A. havardiana × A. lechuguilla - Coahuila, western Texas
• Cházaro & Jimeno-Sevilla - Veracruz
• Galvan & Zamudio – Mexico (Querétaro)
• Agave gracilipes Trel. – Maguey de pastizal, Slimfoot Century Plant - Chihuahua, southern New Mexico, western Texas
• A.Berger – Mexico (Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit)
• (Rose) Govaerts & Thiede – NE. Mexico (to Jalisco)
• Trel. - Cuba
• Agave guadalajarana Trel. – Maguey chato - Jalisco, Nayarit
• (Matuda) G.D.Rowley – Mexico (Guerrero)
• Agave guiengola Gentry - Oaxaca
• Jacobi & C.D.Bouché – NE. Mexico (to Jalisco)
• Gentry - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco

H[]

• Trel. - Jamaica
• J.B.Petersen – C. Mexico (to Guerrero)
• Agave havardiana Trel. – Havard's Century Plant, Chisos Agave, Maguey de Havard - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Texas
• Gentry - Chiapas, Guatemala
• Jacobi - Jalisco, Michoacán
• Lem. ex Jacobi - Morelos, Veracruz, Oaxaca
• (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, Colima)
• Trel. - Guatemala

I–J[]

• Gentry - Sinaloa
• K.Koch - Mexico
• Trel. - Bahamas (Inagua), Turks & Caicos Islands
• Trel. - Bahamas (Watling Island)
• Trel. - Haiti
• (McVaugh) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (S. Zacatecas, SE. Nayarit, Jalisco)
• A.García-Mend. & F.Palma - Oaxaca, Chiapas
• Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua
• (Rose) A.Berger – W. Mexico (to Durango)
• A.Álvarez - Cuba
• Cházaro & A.Vázquez – Mexico (Veracruz)
• (García-Mend.) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero)

K–L[]

• Mill. - Lesser Antilles, Netherlands Antilles
• Zucc. - Oaxaca, Puebla
• García-Mend. & C.Chávez – Mexico (Oaxaca)
• Lem. - Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla
• Jacobi - Chiapas
• A.Vázquez & Cházaro – Mexico (Michoacán)
• Trel. - Guatemala (Amatitlan)
• Agave lechuguilla Torr. – Agave lecheguilla, Lecheguilla, Lechuguilla, Maguey lechuguilla - northern Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
• Agave × leopoldii W.Watson – AGM
• (García-Mend. – Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca)
• (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Michoacán)
• Agave longiflora (Rose) G.D.Rowley – S. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuebo León)
• Trel. - Jamaica

M[]

• Agave macroacantha Zucc. - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave maculata Regel – S. Texas to NE. Mexico
• Villarreal – Mexico (Nuevo León)
• Cuevas & Santana-Michel - Jalisco
• Trel. - Mexico
• Agave margaritae Brandegee - Baja California Sur
• Cházaro & Arzaba – Mexico (Veracruz)
• Roezl - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Baker - Mexico
• Agave mckelveyana Gentry – Mckelvey Agave, McKelvey's Century Plant - Arizona (Yavapai + Mohave Cos)
• Lem. ex Jacobi – C. Cuba
• (M.Cedano – Mexico (Michoacán)
• (Kimnach) A.Vázquez & Cházaro - Sinaloa
• Trel. - Bahamas (Exuma)

• Proctor - Puerto Rico
• Trel. – Corita - Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
• Agave mitis Mart. - Hidalgo
• Villarreal - Nuevo León
• García-Mend. - Tamaulipas
• Gentry - Baja California
• (E.Solano & Dávila) Thiede – Mexico (Guanajuato)
• Gentry - Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa
• Agave murpheyi Gibson – Maguey Bandeado, Murphey Agave, Murphey's Century Plant, Hohokam Agave - Arizona, Sonora

N[]

• (Matuda) ined. – Mexico (México State)
• Trel. - Bahamas (Inagua)
• Gentry - Sinaloa, Nayarit
• Agave neglecta Small – wild century plant = Agave weberi
• Thiede - Jalisco
• Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Durango)
• Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• Rol.-Goss. - Coahuila
• Agave nizandensis Cutak – Dwarf Octopus Agave - Oaxaca
• García-Mend. - Oaxaca

O[]

• (García-Mend. & E.Solano) Thiede – Mexico (Oaxaca)
• Schiede ex Schltdl. - Mexico
• Gentry - Sonora
• De Smet ex Jacobi – Cuba (Villa Clara)
• Gentry – Maguey pajarito - Nayarit, Sinaloa
• Gentry - Zacatecas
• (Baker) Trel. in L.H.Bailey - Colima, Jalisco
• G.D. Starr & T.J. Davis - Oaxaca
• G.D.Starr & Villarreal - Nuevo León

P–Q[]

• A.Vázquez – Mexico (Colima)
• 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
• (Rose) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Durango, Nayarit)
• Trel. – Panama

• (L.Hern. – Mexico (Yucatán)
• 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
• (Aarón Rodr.) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero)
• Trel. - El Salvador, Honduras
• Agave parviflora Torr. in W.H.Emory – Maguey sbari, Smallflower Agave, Smallflower Century Plant, Little Princess Agave - Arizona, Sonora, Chihuahua
• Gir.-Cañas - Colombia
• Croucher - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Gentry – Bald Agave - Sonora
• Schnittsp. - Chiapas, Veracruz, Guatemala
• Trel. - Curaçao
• A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez - Puebla, Oaxaca, Guerrero
• (R.A.Orellana – Mexico (Yucatán)
• Agave phillipsiana W.C.Hodgs. - Arizona (Coconino Co)
• S.González - Durango
• S.Watson – Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)
• (Rose) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Durango, Zacatecas, Jalisco)
• Thiede & Eggli – C. & S. Mexico
• Agave polianthiflora Gentry - Chihuahua, Sonora
• Haw. - Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz
• Agave potatorum Zucc. – Drunkard Agave - Puebla, Oaxaca
• B.L.Rob. & Greenm. – NE. Mexico
• Trel. - Mexico
• A.Berger – Mexico (Jalisco, Nayarit)
• Engelm. ex Baker – Mexico (N. Baja California)
• Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Guerrero)
• Trel. - Baja California Sur
• Regel & Ortgies – Mexico (Morelos, Oaxaca, Chiapas)
• Agave × pumila De Smet ex Baker = A. asperrima × A. nickelsiae - Coahuila

• (Art.Castro & Aarón Rodr.) Thiede & Govaerts - Mexico (Jalisco)

R[]

• Klotzsch – Mexico (México State)
• Trel. - Mexico
• Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Nayarit)
• Tod. - Texas
• Hummelinck - Aruba
• P.Carrillo - Sinaloa, Jalisco

S[]

• Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck – Pulque, Maguey, Maguey de montaña - Mexico; naturalized in South Africa, Canary Islands
• Agave scabra Ortega – Mexico to Nicaragua
• Gentry - Oaxaca, Puebla
• Lem. - northern + central Mexico
• A.Berger - Puebla
• Agave schottii Engelm. – Maguey puercoesp n, Schott Agave, Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger, Leather Agave - Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico
• Greene - Baja California
• Jacobi - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras
• Trel. - Cuba
• Agave shawii Engelm. – Coastal Agave, Maguey primavera - Baja California, California (San Diego Co)
• Agave shrevei Gentry - Chihuahua, Sonora
• Agave sileri (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – SC. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas)
• (S.Watson) A.Berger – N. Mexico
• 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
• Houtt. - Cuba, Jamaica
• Brandegee - Baja California Sur
• Cav. - Hidalgo
• Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (México State, Guerrero, Oaxaca)
• Agave striata Zucc. - northeastern Mexico
• Agave stricta Salm-Dyck - Oaxaca, Puebla
• Trel. - Jalisco
• Trel. - Sonora

T[]

• Trel. - Guatemala
• A.Vázquez & Cházaro – Mexico (Jalisco)
• Zamudio & E.Sánchez - Querétaro
• Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber – Mezcal azul tequilero, Tequila Agave, Weber Blue Agave - Mexico
• Trel. - Guatemala
• Agave titanota Gentry - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave toumeyana Trel. – Toumey Agave, Toumey's Century Plant - Arizona
• Jacobi - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Trel. - Cuba
• R.H.Webb & Salazar-Ceseña - Baja California

U–V[]

• (García-Mend.) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca)
• Trel. - Cuba
• Klotzsch – Mexico (Tamaulipas)
• Agave univittata Haw. - Mexico, Texas
• Agave utahensis Engelm. in S.Watson – Utah Agave - Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona
• Cházaro & A.Vázquez - Jalisco
• Jacobi – S. Texas to Mexico
• Cházaro & J.A.Lomelí - Jalisco
• Mill. - Veracruz, Oaxaca; naturalized in Indian Subcontinent, Thailand, various islands
• W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon – Arizona
• (García-Mend.) Thiede – Mexico (Oaxaca)
• 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 virginica L. – C. & E. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico
• Agave vivipara L. - Netherlands Antilles, Venezuelan Antilles; naturalised in parts of Australia + Africa
• Gentry - Baja California Sur

W–Z[]

• Jacobi - Colombia
• 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
• F.A.C.Weber ex Wercklé - Costa Rica; naturalised in parts of Africa
• Tod. - Cuba
• Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Jalisco
• Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck – Century Plant, Maguey diente de tiburn - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi
• W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon – Arizona
• (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede – Mexico (Jalisco)
• Gentry - Sonora

Formerly included[]

Manfreda and Polianthes species are included in Agave.^[9][10]

References[]

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