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The genus Agave is in the family Asparagaceae in the major group Angiosperms (Flowering plants).

Statistics are at the end of the page.

Species in Agave

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See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Infra. rec.
Agave acicularis Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave acklinicola Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave × ajoensis W.C.Hodgs.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave aktites Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave albescens Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave albomarginata Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave albopilosa I.Cabral, Villarreal & A.E.Estrada	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave aloides Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave americana L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Agave angustiarum Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave angustissima Engelm.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave anomala Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave antillarum Descourt.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave applanata Lem. ex Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave arcedianoensis Cházaro, O.M.Valencia & A.Vázquez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave × arizonica Gentry & J.H.Weber	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave arubensis Hummelinck	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave asperrima Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3
Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Agave aurea Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave avellanidens Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave bahamana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave banlan Perr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave baxteri Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave beauleriana Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave bernhardii Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave bessereriana Van Houtte	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Agave boldinghiana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave bovicornuta Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave braceana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave bracteosa S.Watson ex Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave brevipetala Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave brevispina Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave brittoniana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave cacozela Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave calderonii Trel.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave calodonta A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Agave cantala Roxb.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Agave capensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave caribaeicola Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave × cavanillesii D.Guillot & P.Van der Meer	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave cerulata Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Agave chazaroi A.Vázquez & O.M.Valencia	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave chiapensis Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave chrysantha Peebles	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave chrysoglossa I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave cocui Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave collina Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave colorata Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave concinna Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave congesta Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave cookei Woodrow	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave cucullata Lem. ex Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave dasylirioides Jacobi & Bouch.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Agave davillonii Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave de-meesteriana Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave deamiana Trel.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave decaisneana Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave decipiens Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave delamateri W.C.Hodgs. & Slauson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave deserti Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2
Agave desmettiana Jacobi	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Agave diacantha Royle	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave difformis A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave durangensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave dussiana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave eggersiana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave ehrenbergii Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave elizae A.Berger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave ensifera Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave entea Hartwich	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave erosa A.Berger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave erubescens Ellemeet	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Agave evadens Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave felgeri Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave fenzliana Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave filifera Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave flexispina Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave fortiflora Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave fourcroydes Lem.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave fragrantissima Jacq.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave franzosini Baker	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Agave fridericii A.Berger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave funkiana K.Koch & C.D.Bouché	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave galeottii Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave garciae-mendozae Galván & L.Hern.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave geminiflora (Tagl.) Ker Gawl.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave gentryi B.Ullrich	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave gigantensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave gilbertii A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave glabra Karw.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave glaucescens Otto	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave × glomeruliflora (Engelm.) A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave goeppertiana Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave gonzaloi D.Guillot & P.Van der Meer	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave gracilipes Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave grandibracteata H.Ross	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave granulosa Scheidw.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave grisea Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave guadalajarana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave guedeneyrii Houllet	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave × guemensis D.Guillot & P.Van der Meer	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave guiengola Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave gutierreziana Trel.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave gypsophila Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave harrisii Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave havardiana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave henriquesii Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave hiemiflora Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave hookeri Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave horizontalis Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave horrida Lem. ex Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave humboldtiana Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave hurteri Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave impressa Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave inaequidens K.Koch	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave inaguensis Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave indagatorum Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave intermixta Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave isthmensis A.García-Mend. & F.Palma	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave jaiboli Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave jarucoensis A.Álvarez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave karatto Mill.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave karwinskii Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave kellermaniana Trel.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave kerchovei Lem.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave kewensis Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave lagunae Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave laticincta Verschaff.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave lechuguilla Torr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave lemairei Verschaff.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave lempana Trel.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave lindleyi Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave littaeaoides Pamp.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave longipes Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave longisepala Tod.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave macroacantha Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave mapisaga Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave margaritae Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave marmorata Roezl	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave × massiliensis Trel.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave maximiliana Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Agave maximowicziana Regel	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave mckelveyana Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave microceps (Kimnach) A.Vázquez & Cházaro	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave millspaughii Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave minarum Trel.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave minor Proctor	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave missionum Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave mitis Mart.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Agave monostachya Sessé & Moc.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave montana Villarreal	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave montium-sancticaroli García-Mend.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave moranii Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave multifilifera Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave multiflora Tod.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave murpheyi Gibson	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave nashii Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave nayaritensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave neglecta Small	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave nickelsii Rol.-Goss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave nissonii Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave nizandensis Cutak	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave nussaviorum García-Mend.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave obscura Schiede ex Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave obscura Schiede	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Agave ocahui Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave offoyana De Smet ex Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave origiesiana (Roezl) Trel.	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Agave ornithobroma Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave oroensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave ortgiesiana (Baker) Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave ovatifolia G.D.Starr & Villarreal	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave pachycentra Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave pallida Sartorius ex Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave palmeri Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave pampaniniana A.Berger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave papyrocarpa Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave parrasana A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave parryi Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3
Agave parvidentata Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave parviflora Torr.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave paupera A.Berger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave pavoliniana Pamp.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave peacockii Croucher	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave pelona Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave pendula Schnittsp.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave petiolata Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave petrophila A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave phillipsiana W.C.Hodgs.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave pintilla S.González, M.González & L.Reséndiz	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave planera Fasio	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave polianthiflora Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave polyacantha Haw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave potatorum Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave potreriana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave promontorii Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave prostrata Mart. ex Dragendorff	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave pulcherrima Otto	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave pulverulenta Verschaff.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave × pumila De Smet ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave purpurea Souza Novelo	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave regia Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave rhodacantha Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave × romani Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave × rossellonensis D.Guillot & P.Van der Meer	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave rovelliana Tod.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave rudis Lem. ex Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave rutteniae Hummelinck	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave rzedowskiana P.Carrillo, Vega & R.Delgad.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3
Agave scaposa Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave schidigera Lem.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave schmithiana Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave schneideriana A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave schottii Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Agave sebastiana Greene	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave seemanniana Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave shaferi Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave shawii Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Agave shrevei Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave simonii Andr.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave sisalana Perrine	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave sisalana Perrine ex Engelm.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Agave smithiana Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave sobolifera Houtt.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave sobria Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Agave sordida A.Berger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave spicata Cav.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave striata Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Agave stricta Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave stringens Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave subinermis M.Roem.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave subsimplex Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave × taylorea auct.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave tecta Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave tenuifolia Zamudio & E.Sánchez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave teoxamulina Karw. ex M. Roem.	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave thomasiae Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave thomsoniana Jacobi	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave titanota Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave toumeyana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	1
Agave triangularis Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave troubetskoyana Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave tubulata Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave turneri R.H.Webb & Salazar-Ceseña	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave underwoodii Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave univittata Haw.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave utahensis Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	3
Agave valenciana Cházaro & A.Vázquez	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave vandervinnenii Lem.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave vanderwinneni Jacobi	Unresolved		TRO	2012-04-18
Agave vazquezgarciae Cházaro & J.A.Lomelí	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave vera-cruz Mill.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave vicina Trel.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave × villare André	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave vilmoriniana A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave viridissima Baker	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave vivipara L.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	5
Agave vizcainoensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave wallisii Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave warelliana Baker	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave washingtonensis Baker & Rose	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave watsonii J.R.Drumm. & C.H.Wright	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave weberi J.F.Cels ex J.Poiss.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave wendtii Cházaro	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave wercklei F.A.C.Weber ex Wercklé	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave wiesenbergensis Wittm.	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave wildingii Tod.	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave × winteriana A.Berger	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave wocomahi Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave woodrowii W.Watson	Unresolved		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave yuccifolia DC. ex Redouté	Accepted		TRO	2012-04-18
Agave zebra Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23

Statistics

The Plant List includes 638 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Agave. Of these 200 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 242 scientific plant names of infraspecific rank for the genus Agave. We do not intend The Plant List to be complete for names of infraspecific rank. These are primarily included because names of species rank are synonyms of accepted infraspecific names.

Species names

The status of the 638 species names for the genus Agave recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	200	31.3%
◕	Synonym	352	55.2%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	86	13.5%

All names

The status of the 880 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Agave recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	233	26.5%
◕	Synonym	559	63.5%
◕	Unplaced	0	0%
◕	Unassessed	88	10.0%

Of the species names,

• 10 are recorded as invalid
• 22 are recorded as illegitimate
• 2 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 638 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Agave, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	196	331	0	0	527	82.6%
	Medium confidence	4	15	0	0	19	3.0%
	Low confidence	0	6	0	86	92	14.4%

The source of the species name records found in The Plant List for the genus Agave is as follows: