List of Agave species

A

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 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 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 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; naturalised in southeastern Australia

Agave aurea Brandegee - Baja California Sur

Agave avellanidens Trel. - Baja California

B

Agave bahamana Trel. - Bahamas

Agave beauleriana Jacobi

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 bulliana (Baker) Thiede & Eggli - Mexico

C

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 caribaeicola Trel. - Lesser Antilles

Agave caymanensis Proctor - Cayman Islands

Agave cerulata Trel. - Baja California

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 collina Greenm. - Morelos, Guerrero

Agave colorata Gentry – Mescal ceniza - Sinaloa, Sonora

Agave congesta Gentry - Chiapas

Agave convallis Trel. - Oaxaca

Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger - Colombia

Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger - Guerrero, Michoacán

D

Agave dasylirioides Jacobi & C.D.Bouché - Morelos, México State

Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber - Baja California Sur

Agave demeesteriana Jacobi - Sinaloa, Veracruz

Agave decipiens Baker – False Sisal - Florida; naturalised in parts of Africa

Agave delamateri W.C.Hodgs. & Slauson - Arizona

Agave deserti Engelm. – Desert Century Plant, Desert Agave, Maguey de Desierto - Baja California, California, Arizona

Agave difformis A.Berger - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí

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 ellemeetiana Jacobi - Veracruz

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)

G

Agave garciae-mendozae Galván & L.Hern. - Hidalgo

Agave geminiflora (Tagl.) Ker Gawl. - Nayarit

Agave gentryi B.Ullrich - Nuevo León, Querétaro

Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexico, Guatemala

Agave gigantensis Gentry - Sierra de la Giganta in Baja California Sur

Agave gilbertii A.Berger - Mexico

Agave × glomeruliflora (Engelm.) A.Berger = A. havardiana × A. lechuguilla - Coahuila, western Texas

Agave gomezpompae Cházaro & Jimeno-Sevilla - Veracruz

Agave gracilipes Trel. – Maguey de pastizal, Slimfoot Century Plant - Chihuahua, southern New Mexico, western Texas

Agave grisea Trel. - Cuba

Agave guadalajarana Trel. – Maguey chato - Jalisco, Nayarit

Agave guiengola Gentry - Oaxaca

Agave gypsophila Gentry - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco

H

Agave harrisii Trel. - Jamaica

Agave havardiana Trel. – Havard's Century Plant, Chisos Agave, Maguey de Havard - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Texas

Agave hiemiflora Gentry - Chiapas, Guatemala

Agave hookeri Jacobi - Jalisco, Michoacán

Agave horrida Lem. ex Jacobi - Morelos, Veracruz, Oaxaca

Agave hurteri Trel. - Guatemala

I–J

Agave impressa Gentry - Sinaloa

Agave inaequidens K.Koch - Mexico

Agave inaguensis Trel. - Bahamas (Inagua), Turks & Caicos Islands

Agave indagatorum Trel. - Bahamas (Watling Island)

Agave intermixta Trel. - Haiti

Agave isthmensis A.García-Mend. & F.Palma - Oaxaca, Chiapas

Agave jaiboli Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua

Agave jarucoensis A.Álvarez - Cuba

K–L

Agave karatto Mill. - Lesser Antilles, Netherlands Antilles

Agave karwinskii Zucc. - Oaxaca, Puebla

Agave kerchovei Lem. - Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla

Agave kewensis Jacobi - Chiapas

Agave lagunae Trel. - Guatemala (Amatitlan)

Agave lechuguilla Torr. – Agave lechuguilla, Lecheguilla, Lechuguilla, Maguey lechuguilla - northern Mexico, New Mexico, Texas

Agave longipes Trel. - Jamaica

M

Agave macroacantha Zucc. - Puebla, Oaxaca

Agave manantlanicola Cuevas & Santana-Michel - Jalisco

Agave mapisaga Trel. - Mexico

Agave margaritae Brandegee - Baja California Sur

Agave marmorata Roezl - Puebla, Oaxaca

Agave maximiliana Baker - Mexico

Agave mckelveyana Gentry – Mckelvey Agave, McKelvey's Century Plant - Arizona (Yavapai + Mohave Cos)

Agave microceps (Kimnach) A.Vázquez & Cházaro - Sinaloa

Agave millspaughii Trel. - Bahamas (Exuma)

Agave minor Proctor - Puerto Rico

Agave missionum Trel. – Corita - Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands

Agave mitis Mart. - Hidalgo

Agave montana Villarreal - Nuevo León

Agave montium-sancticaroli García-Mend. - Tamaulipas

Agave moranii Gentry - Baja California

Agave multifilifera Gentry - Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa

Agave murpheyi Gibson – Maguey Bandeado, Murphey Agave, Murphey's Century Plant, Hohokam Agave - Arizona, Sonora

N

Agave nashii Trel. - Bahamas (Inagua)

Agave nayaritensis Gentry - Sinaloa, Nayarit

Agave neglecta Small – Wild Century Plant - Florida

Agave nickelsiae Rol.-Goss. - Coahuila

Agave nizandensis Cutak – Dwarf Octopus Agave - Oaxaca

Agave nuusaviorum García-Mend. - Oaxaca

O

Agave obscura Schiede ex Schltdl. - Mexico

Agave ocahui Gentry - Sonora

Agave ornithobroma Gentry – Maguey pajarito - Nayarit, Sinaloa

Agave oroensis Gentry - Zacatecas

Agave ortgiesiana (Baker) Trel. in L.H.Bailey - Colima, Jalisco

Agave ovatifolia G.D.Starr & Villarreal - Nuevo León

P

Agave pachycentra 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

Agave papyrocarpa 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

Agave parvidentata Trel. - El Salvador, Honduras

Agave parviflora Torr. in W.H.Emory – Maguey sbari, Smallflower Agave, Smallflower Century Plant, Little Princess Agave - Arizona, Sonora, Chihuahua

Agave peacockii Croucher - Puebla, Oaxaca

Agave pelona Gentry – Bald Agave - Sonora

Agave pendula Schnittsp. - Chiapas, Veracruz, Guatemala

Agave petiolata Trel. - Curaçao

Agave petrophila A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez - Puebla, Oaxaca, Guerrero

Agave phillipsiana W.C.Hodgs. - Arizona (Coconino Co)

Agave pintilla S.González - Durango

Agave polianthiflora Gentry - Chihuahua, Sonora

Agave polyacantha Haw. - Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz

Agave potatorum Zucc. – Drunkard Agave - Puebla, Oaxaca

Agave potreriana Trel. - Mexico

Agave promontorii Trel. - Baja California Sur

Agave × pumila De Smet ex Baker = A. asperrima × A. nickelsiae - Coahuila

R

Agave rhodacantha Trel. - Mexico

Agave rovelliana Tod. - Texas

Agave rutteniae Hummelinck - Aruba

Agave rzedowskiana P.Carrillo - Sinaloa, Jalisco

S

Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck – Pulque, Maguey, Maguey de montaña - Mexico; naturalized in South Africa, Canary Islands

Agave scaposa Gentry - Oaxaca, Puebla

Agave schidigera Lem. - northern + central Mexico

Agave schneideriana A.Berger - Puebla

Agave schottii Engelm. – Maguey puercoesp n, Schott Agave, Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger, Leather Agave - Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico

Agave sebastiana Greene - Baja California

Agave seemanniana Jacobi - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras

Agave shaferi Trel. - Cuba

Agave shawii Engelm. – Coastal Agave, Maguey primavera - Baja California, California (San Diego Co)

Agave shrevei Gentry - Chihuahua, Sonora

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

Agave sobolifera Houtt. - Cuba, Jamaica

Agave sobria Brandegee - Baja California Sur

Agave spicata Cav. - Hidalgo

Agave striata Zucc. - northeastern Mexico

Agave stricta Salm-Dyck - Oaxaca, Puebla

Agave stringens Trel. - Jalisco

Agave subsimplex Trel. - Sonora

T

Agave tecta Trel. - Guatemala

Agave tenuifolia Zamudio & E.Sánchez - Querétaro

Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber – Mezcal azul tequilero, Tequila Agave, Weber Blue Agave - Mexico

Agave thomasiae Trel. - Guatemala

Agave titanota Gentry - Puebla, Oaxaca

Agave toumeyana Trel. – Toumey Agave, Toumey's Century Plant - Arizona

Agave triangularis Jacobi - Puebla, Oaxaca

Agave tubulata Trel. - Cuba

Agave turneri R.H.Webb & Salazar-Ceseña - Baja California

U–V

Agave underwoodii Trel. - Cuba

Agave univittata Haw. - Mexico, Texas

Agave utahensis Engelm. in S.Watson – Utah Agave - Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona

Agave valenciana Cházaro & A.Vázquez - Jalisco

Agave vazquezgarciae Cházaro & J.A.Lomelí - Jalisco

Agave vera-cruz Mill. - Veracruz, Oaxaca; naturalized in Indian Subcontinent, Thailand, various islands

Agave vicina 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 vivipara L. - Netherlands Antilles, Venezuelan Antilles; naturalised in parts of Australia + Africa

Agave vizcainoensis Gentry - Baja California Sur

W–Z

Agave wallisii Jacobi - Colombia

Agave warelliana 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

Agave wercklei F.A.C.Weber ex Wercklé - Costa Rica; naturalised in parts of Africa

Agave wildingii Tod. - Cuba

Agave wocomahi Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Jalisco

Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck – Century Plant, Maguey diente de tiburn - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi

Agave zebra Gentry - Sonora