Plant Details

Accepted name:: Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia [Asparagaceae]
Source:: World Checklist ( High Taxonomic Confidence )
More about this plant:: Plants of the World Online
Infraspecies of:: Agave angustifolia Haw.
Infraspecies:: 4

Agave angustifolia var. deweyana (Trel.) Gentry

Agave angustifolia var. letonae (F.W.Taylor ex Trel.) Gentry

Agave angustifolia var. rubescens (Salm-Dyck) Gentry

Agave angustifolia var. sargentii Trel.

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

Kew's taxonomic resources include 44 scientific synonym(s) for this plant:

Agave elongata Jacobi Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 168 (1865).
Agave ixtli Karw. ex Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck.: 304 (1834).
Agave rigida Mill. Gard. Dict., ed. 8.: n.° 8 (1768).
Agave wightii J.R.Drumm. & Prain Bengal Agric. Bull. 8: 15 (1906).
Agave aboriginum Trel. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 18: 34 (1909).
Agave angustifolia var. marginata Gentry Agaves Cont. N. Amer.: 564 (1982), not validly publ.
Agave angustifolia var. marginata Trel. in K.Linsbauer (ed.), Wiesner Festschrift: 343 (1908).
Agave angustifolia var. nivea (Trel.) Gentry Agaves Cont. N. Amer.: 566 (1982).
Agave angustifolia var. variegata Trel. Rep. (Annual) Missouri Bot. Gard. 19: 287 (1908), not validly publ.
Agave bergeri Trel. ex A.Berger Hortus Mortolensis: 11 (1912), nom. nud.
Agave breedlovei Gentry Agaves Cont. N. Amer.: 567 (1982).
Agave bromeliifolia Salm-Dyck Hort. Dyck.: 303 (1834).
Agave cantala Wall. ex Spreng. Syst. Veg., ed. 16. 2: 79 (1825), nom. illeg.
Agave costaricana Gentry in A.Hancock, Pacific Exped. Univ. S. Calif. 13: 195 (1949).
Agave cuspidata Baker Gard. Chron., n.s., 7: 137 (1877).
Agave donnell-smithii Trel. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 23: 144 (1915).
Agave endlichiana Trel. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 18: 34 (1909).
Agave excelsa Jacobi Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 22: 215 (1866).
Agave flaccida Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 73 (1812).
Agave flavovirens Jacobi Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 22: 270 (1866).
Agave houlletii Jacobi Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 22: 268 (1866).
Agave ixtlioides Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 97: t. 5893 (1871).
Agave jacquiniana Schult. & Schult.f. in J.J.Roemer & J.A.Schultes, Syst. Veg., ed. 15[bis]. 7: 727 (1829).
Agave kirchneriana A.Berger Agaven: 252 (1915).
Agave lespinassei Trel. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 18: 33 (1909).
Agave lurida Jacq. Collectanea 4: 94 (1791), nom. illeg.
Agave lurida var. jacquiniana (Schult. & Schult.f.) Ker Gawl. ex Hemsl. Biol. Cent.-Amer., Bot. 3: 345 (1884).
Agave nivea Trel. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 23: 143 (1915).
Agave owenii I.M.Johnst. Proc. Calif. Acad. Sci., ser. 4, 12: 999 (1924).
Agave pacifica Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 118 (1920).
Agave prainiana A.Berger Agaven: 246 (1915).
Agave prolifera Schott ex Standl. Publ. Field Mus. Nat. Hist., Bot. Ser. 3: 232 (1930).
Agave punctata Kunth Enum. Pl. 2: 837 (1837).
Agave rigida var. longifolia Engelm. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 3: 316 (1875).
Agave serrulata Karw. Allg. Gartenzeitung 10: 51 (1842).
Agave sicifolia Trel. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 23: 141 (1915).
Agave theoxmuliana Karw. ex M.Roem. Fam. Nat. Syn. Monogr. 4: 292 (1847).
Agave vivipara var. bromeliifolia (Salm-Dyck) A.Terracc. Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 46 (1885).
Agave vivipara var. marginata P.I.Forst. Brittonia 44: 74 (1982), not validly publ.
Agave vivipara var. nivea (Trel.) P.I.Forst. Brittonia 44: 74 (1992).
Agave yaquiana Trel. Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 120 (1920).
Agave yxtli Karw. ex G.Don in R.Sweet, Hort. Brit., ed. 3: 705 (1839).
Agave zapupe Trel. Trans. Acad. Sci. St. Louis 18: 32 (1909).
Furcraea rigida (Mill.) Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ.: 74 (1812).

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

Name as published:	Medicinal source:
Agave elongata	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Agave ixtli	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Agave rigida Miller	Pl. Med. Totius Mundi (Penso & Proserpio, 1997)
Agave rigida.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Agave rigita.	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)
Agave wightii	Consv. of Indonesian Med. Pl. (Cahyaningsih, 2020)

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