Plant Details

Accepted name:: Agave americana subsp. americana [Asparagaceae]
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Source:: World Checklist of Vascular Plants
Infraspecies of:: Agave americana L.

Non-scientific name:	Class of name:	Medicinal source:
金边龙舌兰	Other	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)

Part(s) of plant used:	Drug form:	Medicinal source:

Kew's taxonomic resources include 37 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

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 var. elegantissima W.Bull ex J.Dix Proc. Roy. Hort. Soc. London 1: 715 (1861).
Agave americana foliis-variegatis Rothsch. Pl. Feuill. Col., n.s., 2: 47 (1868), not validly publ.
Agave americana mediopicta Hovey Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 16 (1882).
Agave americana var. mediopicta (Hovey) Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 (1914).
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 striata Hovey Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 16 (1882).
Agave americana var. striata (Hovey) Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 (1914).
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. in L.H.Bailey, 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.	Polyglot Asian Med.: Chinese Subset (Stanley-Baker, 2022)
Agave americana L. var. marginata Trel.	Zhonghua Bencao: Materia Medica of China (1998)
Agave americana subsp. americana	WHODrug Herbal Substances 2024 (WHO-UMC, 2024) WHODrug Herbal Substances, Suppl. 2023 (WHO-UMC, 2023)

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