Plant Details

Accepted name:

Agave americana subsp. americana [Asparagaceae]

Source of taxonomy and confidence:

World Checklist ( )

Information about this plant:

Plants of the World Online

Infraspecies of:

Agave americana L.

Infraspecies:

See all 4

Agave americana var. franzosini Sprenger

Agave americana var. oaxacensis Gentry

Agave americana subsp. protamericana Gentry

Agave americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry

No non-scientific names for this plant in the MPNS resource.

Kew's taxonomic resources include 36 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

synonym
Agave americana var. marginata Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 (1914).
Agave altissima Zumagl. Fl. Pedem. 2: 50 (1864).
Agave americana foliis-variegatis Rothsch. Pl. Feuill. Col., n.s., 2: 47 (1868), not validly publ.
Agave americana var. mediopicta (Hovey) Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 (1914).
Agave americana mediopicta Hovey Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 16 (1882).
Agave americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A.Terracc. Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave (1885).
Agave americana f. picta (Salm-Dyck) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1037 (1895).
Agave americana var. striata (Hovey) Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 (1914).
Agave americana striata Hovey Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 16 (1882).
Agave americana var. subtilis (Trel.) Valenz.-Zap. & Nabhan Kaktus Klub 2004(1): 50 (2004).
Agave americana var. theometel (Zuccagni) A.Terracc. Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 41 (1885).
Agave americana var. variegata Hook. Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3654 (1838).
Agave americana f. virginica Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1037 (1895).
Agave communis Gaterau Descr. Pl. Montauban: 70 (1789).
Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot. Mem. Rev. Soc. Ci. Alzate Mexico 33: 100 (1913).
Agave cordillerensis Lodé & Pino Int. Cact. Advent. 77: 13 (2008).
Agave europaea Vis. ex Degen Fl. Veleb. 1: 640 (1936).
Agave felina Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 128 (1920).
Agave fuerstenbergii Jacobi Nachtr. Ord. Agav. 2: 72 (1871).
Agave gracilispina (Rol.-Goss.) Engelm. ex Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 234 (1914).
Agave ingens A.Berger Hortus Mortolensis: 12 (1912).
Agave killischea Rafarin Rev. Hort. (Paris) 46: 73 (1874).
Agave melliflua Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 234 (1914).
Agave milleri Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 71 (1812).
Agave monstruosa Rafarin Rev. Hort. (Paris) 46: 73 (1874).
Agave ornata Jacobi Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 59 (1865).
Agave picta Salm-Dyck Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 88 (1859).
Agave ramosa Moench Methodus: 642 (1794), nom. illeg.
Agave rasconensis Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 122 (1920).
Agave salmiana var. gracilispina Rol.-Goss. Rev. Hort. (Paris) 68: 11 (1896).
Agave subtilis Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 116 (1920).
Agave subzonata Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 129 (1920).
Agave theometel Zuccagni Cent. Observ. Pl. 1: 26 (1806).
Agave variegata Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 18 (1821), not validly publ.
Agave virginica Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.° 2 (1768), nom. illeg.
Agave zonata Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 234 (1914).

This plant is cited in medicinal sources using the following names:

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Agave americana L. subsp. americana	World Dictionary of Med. & Pois. Pl. (Quattrocchi, 2012)
Agave americana L. var. marginata Trel.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)

The following online resources may contain further information about this plant. Please click on any link to search that resource. You may search using the accepted name alone OR using the accepted name and all of its synonyms simultaneously.

Search using just the accepted name

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

Google Images

Google Scholar

Encyclopedia of Life

Search using all scientific names used for this plant:

NCBI — (Including Pubmed & GenBank)

Google Images