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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
Agave acicularis Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave acklinicola Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave × ajoensis W.C.Hodgs.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave aktites Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave albescens Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave albomarginata Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave albopilosa I.Cabral, Villarreal & A.E.Estrada	Accepted		WCSP
Agave americana L.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave angustiarum Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave anomala Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave antillarum Descourt.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave applanata Lem. ex Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave arcedianoensis Cházaro, O.M.Valencia & A.Vázquez	Accepted		WCSP
Agave × arizonica Gentry & J.H.Weber	Accepted		WCSP
Agave arubensis Hummelinck	Accepted		WCSP
Agave asperrima Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP
Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP
Agave aurea Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP
Agave avellanidens Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave bahamana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave beauleriana Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave boldinghiana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave boscii (Hornem.) ined.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave bovicornuta Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave braceana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave bracteosa S.Watson ex Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave breedlovei Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave brevipetala Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave brevispina Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave brittoniana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave cacozela Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez	Accepted		WCSP
Agave calodonta A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP
Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP
Agave capensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave caribaeicola Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave cerulata Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave chazaroi A.Vázquez & O.M.Valencia	Accepted		WCSP
Agave chiapensis Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave chrysantha Peebles	Accepted		WCSP
Agave chrysoglossa I.M.Johnst.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave cocui Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave collina Greenm.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave colorata Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave congesta Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP
Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP
Agave dasylirioides Jacobi & Bouch.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber	Accepted		WCSP
Agave de-meesteriana Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave decipiens Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Agave delamateri W.C.Hodgs. & Slauson	Accepted		WCSP
Agave deserti Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave desmettiana Jacobi	Accepted		TRO
Agave difformis A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP
Agave durangensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave dussiana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave eggersiana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave ehrenbergii Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave ensifera Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave evadens Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave felgeri Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave filifera Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP
Agave flexispina Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave fortiflora Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave fourcroydes Lem.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave funkiana K.Koch & C.D.Bouché	Accepted		WCSP
Agave garciae-mendozae Galván & L.Hern.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave gentryi B.Ullrich	Accepted		WCSP
Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave gigantensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave gilbertii A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP
Agave × glomeruliflora (Engelm.) A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP
Agave gracilipes Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave grisea Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave guadalajarana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave guiengola Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave gypsophila Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave harrisii Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave havardiana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave hiemiflora Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave hookeri Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave horrida Lem. ex Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave hurteri Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave impressa Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave inaequidens K.Koch	Accepted		WCSP
Agave inaguensis Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave indagatorum Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave intermixta Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave isthmensis A.García-Mend. & F.Palma	Accepted		WCSP
Agave jaiboli Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave jarucoensis A.Álvarez	Accepted		WCSP
Agave karatto Mill.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave karwinskii Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave kerchovei Lem.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave kewensis Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave lagunae Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave lechuguilla Torr.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave longipes Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave macroacantha Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave mapisaga Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave margaritae Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP
Agave marmorata Roezl	Accepted		WCSP
Agave maximiliana Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Agave mckelveyana Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave microceps (Kimnach) A.Vázquez & Cházaro	Accepted		WCSP
Agave millspaughii Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave minor Proctor	Accepted		WCSP
Agave missionum Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave mitis Mart.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave montana Villarreal	Accepted		WCSP
Agave montium-sancticaroli García-Mend.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave moranii Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave multifilifera Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave murpheyi Gibson	Accepted		WCSP
Agave nashii Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave nayaritensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave neglecta Small	Accepted		WCSP
Agave nizandensis Cutak	Accepted		WCSP
Agave obscura Schiede ex Schltdl.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave ocahui Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave origiesiana (Roezl) Trel.	Accepted		TRO
Agave ornithobroma Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave oroensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave ortgiesiana (Baker) Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave ovatifolia G.D.Starr & Villarreal	Accepted		WCSP
Agave pachycentra Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave palmeri Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave papyrocarpa Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave parrasana A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP
Agave parryi Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave parvidentata Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave parviflora Torr.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave peacockii Croucher	Accepted		WCSP
Agave pelona Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave pendula Schnittsp.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave petiolata Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave petrophila A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez	Accepted		WCSP
Agave phillipsiana W.C.Hodgs.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave polianthiflora Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave polyacantha Haw.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave potatorum Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave potreriana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave promontorii Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave pumila De Smet ex Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Agave rhodacantha Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave rutteniae Hummelinck	Accepted		WCSP
Agave rzedowskiana P.Carrillo, Vega & R.Delgad.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP
Agave scaposa Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave schidigera Lem.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave schneideriana A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP
Agave schottii Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave sebastiana Greene	Accepted		WCSP
Agave seemanniana Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave shaferi Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave shawii Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave shrevei Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave sisalana Perrine	Accepted		WCSP
Agave sobolifera Houtt.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave sobria Brandegee	Accepted		WCSP
Agave spicata Cav.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave striata Zucc.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave stricta Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP
Agave stringens Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave subsimplex Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave tecta Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave tenuifolia Zamudio & E.Sánchez	Accepted		WCSP
Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber	Accepted		WCSP
Agave thomasiae Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave titanota Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave toumeyana Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave triangularis Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave tubulata Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave underwoodii Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave univittata Haw.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave utahensis Engelm.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave valenciana Cházaro & A.Vázquez	Accepted		WCSP
Agave vazquezgarciae Cházaro & J.A.Lomelí	Accepted		WCSP
Agave vera-cruz Mill.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave vicina Trel.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore	Accepted		WCSP
Agave vilmoriniana A.Berger	Accepted		WCSP
Agave vivipara L.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave vizcainoensis Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave wallisii Jacobi	Accepted		WCSP
Agave warelliana Baker	Accepted		WCSP
Agave weberi Cels ex Poiss.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave wercklei F.A.C.Weber ex Wercklé	Accepted		WCSP
Agave wildingii Tod.	Accepted		WCSP
Agave wocomahi Gentry	Accepted		WCSP
Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck	Accepted		WCSP
Agave yuccifolia DC. ex Redouté	Accepted		TRO
Agave zebra Gentry	Accepted		WCSP

Statistics

The Plant List includes 710 scientific plant names of species rank for the genus Agave. Of these 196 are accepted species names.

The Plant List includes a further 243 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 710 species names for the genus Agave recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	196	27.6%
◕	Synonym	429	60.4%
◕	Unplaced	77	10.8%
◕	Unassessed	8	1.1%

All names

The status of the 953 names (including infraspecific names) for the genus Agave recorded in The Plant List, are as follows:

	Status	Total
◕	Accepted	246	25.8%
◕	Synonym	618	64.8%
◕	Unplaced	77	8.1%
◕	Unassessed	12	1.3%

Of these names,

• 9 are recorded as invalid
• 29 are recorded as illegitimate
• 3 are recorded as a spelling variant

The confidence with which the status of the 710 species names recorded in The Plant List for the genus Agave, are assigned as follows:

	Confidence level	Accepted	Synonym	Unplaced	Unassessed	Total
	High confidence	193	398	0	0	591	83.2%
	Medium confidence	3	21	0	0	24	3.4%
	Low confidence	0	10	77	8	95	13.4%

The source of the species name record found in The Plant List for the genus Agave, are as follows: