The Plant List — A working list for all plant species

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H Agave americana L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Agave (family Asparagaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 293578) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 323 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319063-2.

Synonyms:

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied
Agave altissima Zumagl. Synonym H WCSP
Agave americana subsp. americana Synonym L WCSP
Agave americana var. americana Synonym L TRO
Agave americana var. marginata Trel. Synonym L WCSP
Agave americana var. mediopicta Trel. Synonym L WCSP
Agave americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A.Terracc. Synonym L WCSP
Agave americana f. picta (Salm-Dyck) Voss Synonym L WCSP
Agave americana var. striata Trel. Synonym L WCSP
Agave americana var. subtilis (Trel.) Valenz.-Zap. & Nabhan Synonym L WCSP
Agave americana var. theometel (Zuccagni) A.Terracc. Synonym L WCSP
Agave americana var. variegata Hook. Synonym L WCSP
Agave americana f. virginica Voss Synonym L WCSP
Agave communis Gaterau Synonym H WCSP
Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot. Synonym H WCSP
Agave cordillerensis Lodé & Pino Synonym H WCSP
Agave felina Trel. Synonym H WCSP
Agave fuerstenbergii Jacobi Synonym H WCSP
Agave gracilispina (Rol.-Goss.) Engelm. ex Trel. Synonym H WCSP
Agave ingens A.Berger Synonym H WCSP
Agave melliflua Trel. Synonym H WCSP
Agave milleri Haw. Synonym H WCSP
Agave ornata Jacobi Synonym H WCSP
Agave picta Salm-Dyck Synonym H WCSP
Agave ramosa Moench [Illegitimate] Synonym H WCSP
Agave rasconensis Trel. Synonym H WCSP
Agave salmiana var. gracilispina Rol.-Goss. Synonym L WCSP
Agave spectabilis Salisb. [Illegitimate] Synonym H WCSP
Agave subtilis Trel. Synonym H WCSP
Agave subzonata Trel. Synonym H WCSP
Agave theometel Zuccagni Synonym H WCSP
Agave variegata Steud. [Invalid] Synonym H WCSP
Agave virginica Mill. [Illegitimate] Synonym H WCSP
Agave zonata Trel. Synonym H WCSP
Aloe americana (L.) Crantz Synonym H WCSP

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

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

Name Status Confi­dence level Source Date supplied Synonyms
Agave americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry Accepted L WCSP 2

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

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Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-293578.

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