List of Agave species

• Agave abisaii A.Vázquez & Nieves – Mexico (Jalisco) • Agave acicularis Trel. - Cuba • Agave acklinicola Trel. - Bahamas • Agave × ajoensis W.C.Hodgs. - Pima County in Arizona = A. deserti var. simplex × A. schottii var. schottii • Agave aktites Gentry - Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora) • Agave albescens Trel. - Cuba • Agave alboaustralis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede - Oaxaca • Agave albomarginata Gentry - northeastern Mexico • Agave albopilosa I.Cabral - Mexico (Nuevo León) • Agave americana L. – American Agave, American Century Plant, Century Plant, Maguey americano - Arizona, Texas, Mexico; naturalized in parts of Africa, Eurasia, Australia, South America various islands • Agave amica (Medik.) Thiede & Govaerts – Mexico • Agave andreae Sahagún & A.Vázquez – Mexico (Michoacán) • Agave angustiarum Trel. - Mexico • Agave angustifolia Haw. - Mexico, Central America; naturalized in Spain, South Africa, Indian Subcontinent, various islands • Agave anomala Trel. - Bahamas, Cuba • Agave antillarum Descourt. - Cuba, Hispaniola • Agave apedicellata Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, San Luis Potosí) • Agave applanata Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexico • Agave arcedianoensis Cházaro - Mexico (Jalisco) • Agave × arizonica Gentry & J.H.Weber = A. chrysantha × A. toumeyana var. bella - Arizona • Agave arubensis Hummelinck - Aruba • Agave asperrima Jacobi – Maguey spero, Rough Century Plant - Texas, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas • Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck - Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz • Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck – Swan's Neck Agave, Dragon Tree Agave, Foxtail Agave - Mexico; naturalised in southeastern Australia • Agave aurea Brandegee - Baja California Sur • Agave avellanidens Trel. - Baja California • Agave azurea R.H.Webb & G.D.Starr – Mexico (Baja California Sur) ==B==

• Agave bahamana Trel. - Bahamas • Agave beaulueriana Jacobi = Agave americana var. franzosini • Agave bicolor (E.Solano & García-Mend.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Oaxaca) • Agave boldinghiana Trel. - Curaçao, Bonaire (Hornem.) ined. = A. geminiflora in WCSP -->*Agave bovicornuta Gentry – Cowhorn Agave - Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora • Agave braceana Trel. - Bahamas (Abaco) • Agave bracteosa S.Watson ex Engelm. – Squid Agave - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León) • Agave brevipetala Trel. - Hispaniola • Agave brevispina Trel. - Hispaniola • Agave brittoniana Trel. - Cuba • Agave brunnea S.Watson – NE. Mexico • Agave bulbulifera (Castillejos & E.Solano) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero) • Agave bulliana (Baker) Thiede & Eggli - Mexico ==C==

• Agave cacozela Trel. - Bahamas (Eleuthera) • Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez - Cuba • †Agave calodonta A.Berger - extinct • Agave cantala (Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck – Cantala, Maguey de la India - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras • Agave capensis Gentry - Baja California Sur = Agave aurea var. capensis • Agave caribaeicola Trel. - Lesser Antilles • Agave caymanensis Proctor - Cayman Islands • Agave cerulata Trel. - Baja California • Agave chamelensis (E.J.Lott & Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco) • Agave chazaroi A.Vázquez & O.M.Valencia - Jalisco • Agave chiapensis Jacobi - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala • Agave chrysantha Peebles – Golden Flowered Agave, Golden Flower Century Plant - Arizona • Agave chrysoglossa I.M.Johnst. - Baja California, Sonora • Agave cocui Trel. - Colombia, Venezuela (incl Isla Margarita), Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao • Agave coetocapnia (M.Roem.) Govaerts & Thiede – Mexico • Agave collina Greenm. - Morelos, Guerrero • Agave colorata Gentry – Mescal ceniza - Sinaloa, Sonora • Agave confertiflora Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Chihuahua) • Agave congesta Gentry - Chiapas • Agave convallis Trel. - Oaxaca • Agave cremnophila - Oaxaca • Agave cryptica G.D.Starr & T.J.Davis - Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas) • Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger - Colombia • Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger - Guerrero, Michoacán ==D==

• Agave dasylirioides Jacobi & C.D.Bouché - Morelos, México State • Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber - Baja California Sur • Agave debilis A.Berger – C. & SW. Mexico (to Hidalgo) • Agave decipiens Baker – False Sisal - Florida; naturalised in parts of Africa • Agave delamateri W.C.Hodgs. & Slauson - Arizona • Agave demeesteriana Jacobi - Sinaloa, Veracruz • Agave deserti Engelm. – Desert Century Plant, Desert Agave, Maguey de Desierto - Baja California, California, Arizona • Agave difformis A.Berger - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí • Agave doctorensis L.Hern. & Magallán – Mexico (Querétaro) • Agave dolichantha Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán) • Agave durangensis Gentry - Durango, Zacatecas • Agave dussiana Trel. - Lesser Antilles ==E==

• Agave eggersiana Trel. – Eggers' Century Plant, St. Croix Agave - US Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. Thomas) • Agave ehrenbergii Jacobi - Cuba = Agave mitis Mart. • Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi – Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca) • Agave ensifera Jacobi • Agave evadens Trel. - Trinidad, Venezuelan Antilles (Isla Margarita) ==F==

• Agave felgeri Gentry – Mescalito - Sonora • Agave filifera Salm-Dyck – Thread-leaf Agave - Querétaro to México State, Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí • Agave flexispina Trel. - Chihuahua, Durango • Agave fortiflora Gentry - Sonora • Agave fourcroydes Lem. – Henequen, Maguey Henequen, Mexican Sisal - Mexico, Guatemala; naturalized in West Indies, Italy, Canary Islands • Agave funkiana K.Koch & C.D.Bouché – Ixtle de Jaumav - Mexico (Tamaulipas to Chiapas) • Agave fusca (Ravenna) Thiede & Eggli – Guatemala ==G==

• Agave galvaniae (A.Castañeda – Mexico (México State) • Agave garciae-mendozae Galván & L.Hern. - Hidalgo • Agave geminiflora (Tagl.) Ker Gawl. - Nayarit • Agave gentryi B.Ullrich - Nuevo León, Querétaro • Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexico, Guatemala • Agave gigantensis Gentry - Sierra de la Giganta in Baja California Sur • Agave gilbertii A.Berger - Mexico • Agave × glomeruliflora (Engelm.) A.Berger = A. havardiana × A. lechuguilla - Coahuila, western Texas • Agave gomezpompae Cházaro & Jimeno-Sevilla - Veracruz • Agave gracielae Galvan & Zamudio – Mexico (Querétaro) • Agave gracilipes Trel. – Maguey de pastizal, Slimfoot Century Plant - Chihuahua, southern New Mexico, western Texas • Agave gracillima A.Berger – Mexico (Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit) • Agave graminifolia (Rose) Govaerts & Thiede – NE. Mexico (to Jalisco) • Agave grisea Trel. - Cuba • Agave guadalajarana Trel. – Maguey chato - Jalisco, Nayarit • Agave guerrerensis (Matuda) G.D.Rowley – Mexico (Guerrero) • Agave guiengola Gentry - Oaxaca • Agave guttata Jacobi & C.D.Bouché – NE. Mexico (to Jalisco) • Agave gypsophila Gentry - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco ==H==

• Agave harrisii Trel. - Jamaica • Agave hauniensis J.B.Petersen – C. Mexico (to Guerrero) • Agave havardiana Trel. – Havard's Century Plant, Chisos Agave, Maguey de Havard - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Texas • Agave hiemiflora Gentry - Chiapas, Guatemala • Agave hookeri Jacobi - Jalisco, Michoacán • Agave horrida Lem. ex Jacobi - Morelos, Veracruz, Oaxaca • Agave howardii (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, Colima) • Agave hurteri Trel. - Guatemala ==I–J==

• Agave impressa Gentry - Sinaloa • Agave inaequidens K.Koch - Mexico • Agave inaguensis Trel. - Bahamas (Inagua), Turks and Caicos Islands • Agave indagatorum Trel. - Bahamas (Watling Island) • Agave intermixta Trel. - Hispaniola • Agave involuta (McVaugh) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (S. Zacatecas, SE. Nayarit, Jalisco) • Agave isthmensis A.García-Mend. & F.Palma - Oaxaca, Chiapas • Agave jaiboli Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua • Agave jaliscana (Rose) A.Berger – W. Mexico (to Durango) • Agave jarucoensis A.Álvarez - Cuba • Agave jimenoi Cházaro & A.Vázquez – Mexico (Veracruz) • Agave justosierrana (García-Mend.) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero) ==K–L==

• Agave karatto Mill. - Lesser Antilles, Netherlands Antilles • Agave karwinskii Zucc. - Oaxaca, Puebla • Agave kavandivi García-Mend. & C.Chávez – Mexico (Oaxaca) • Agave kerchovei Lem. - Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla • Agave kewensis Jacobi - Chiapas • Agave kristenii A.Vázquez & Cházaro – Mexico (Michoacán) • Agave lagunae Trel. - Guatemala (Amatitlan) • Agave lechuguilla Torr. – Agave lecheguilla, Lecheguilla, Lechuguilla, Maguey lechuguilla - northern Mexico, New Mexico, Texas • Agave × leopoldii W.Watson – AGM • Agave littoralis (García-Mend. – Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca) • Agave longibracteata (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Michoacán) • Agave longiflora (Rose) G.D.Rowley – S. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuebo León) • Agave longipes Trel. - Jamaica Schiede ex Kunth = A. univittata in WCSP --> ==M==

• Agave macroacantha Zucc. - Puebla, Oaxaca • Agave maculata Regel – S. Texas to NE. Mexico • Agave madrensis Villarreal – Mexico (Nuevo León) • Agave manantlanicola Cuevas & Santana-Michel - Jalisco • Agave mapisaga Trel. - Mexico • Agave margaritae Brandegee - Baja California Sur • Agave maria-patriciae Cházaro & Arzaba – Mexico (Veracruz) • Agave marmorata Roezl - Puebla, Oaxaca • Agave maximiliana Baker - Mexico • Agave mckelveyana Gentry – Mckelvey Agave, McKelvey's Century Plant - Arizona (Yavapai + Mohave Cos) • Agave melanacantha Lem. ex Jacobi – C. Cuba • Agave michoacana (M.Cedano – Mexico (Michoacán) • Agave microceps (Kimnach) A.Vázquez & Cházaro - Sinaloa • Agave millspaughii Trel. - Bahamas (Exuma) • Agave minor Proctor - Puerto Rico • Agave missionum Trel. – Corita - Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands • Agave mitis Mart. - Hidalgo • Agave montana Villarreal - Nuevo León • Agave montium-sancticaroli García-Mend. - Tamaulipas • Agave moranii Gentry - Baja California • Agave multicolor (E.Solano & Dávila) Thiede – Mexico (Guanajuato) • Agave multifilifera Gentry - Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa • Agave murpheyi Gibson – Maguey Bandeado, Murphey Agave, Murphey's Century Plant, Hohokam Agave - Arizona, Sonora ==N==

• Agave nanchititlensis (Matuda) ined. – Mexico (México State) • Agave nashii Trel. - Bahamas (Inagua) • Agave nayaritensis Gentry - Sinaloa, Nayarit • Agave neglecta Small – wild century plant = Agave weberi • Agave neocernua Thiede - Jalisco • Agave neonelsonii Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Durango) • Agave neopringlei Thiede & Eggli – Mexico • Agave nickelsiae Rol.-Goss. - Coahuila • Agave nizandensis Cutak – Dwarf Octopus Agave - Oaxaca • Agave nuusaviorum García-Mend. - Oaxaca ==O==

• Agave oaxacana (García-Mend. & E.Solano) Thiede – Mexico (Oaxaca) • Agave obscura Schiede ex Schltdl. - Mexico • Agave ocahui Gentry - Sonora • Agave offoyana De Smet ex Jacobi – Cuba (Villa Clara) • Agave ornithobroma Gentry – Maguey pajarito - Nayarit, Sinaloa • Agave oroensis Gentry - Zacatecas • Agave ortgiesiana (Baker) Trel. in L.H.Bailey - Colima, Jalisco • Agave oteroi G.D. Starr & T.J. Davis - Oaxaca • Agave ovatifolia G.D.Starr & Villarreal - Nuevo León ==P–Q==

• Agave pablocarrilloi A.Vázquez – Mexico (Colima) • Agave pachycentra Trel. - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras • Agave palmeri Engelm. – Maguey de tlalcoyote, Palmer Agave, Palmer Century Plant, Palmer's Century Plant - Sonora, Chihuahua, Arizona, New Mexico • Agave palustris (Rose) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Durango, Nayarit) • Agave panamana Trel. – Panama • Agave paniculata (L.Hern. – Mexico (Yucatán) • Agave papyrocarpa Trel. - Cuba (Isla de la Juventud) • Agave parrasana A.Berger - Coahuila • Agave parryi Engelm. – Mezcal yapavai, Parry Agave, Parry's Agave - Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas • Agave parva (Aarón Rodr.) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero) • Agave parvidentata Trel. - El Salvador, Honduras • Agave parviflora Torr. in W.H.Emory – Maguey sbari, Smallflower Agave, Smallflower Century Plant, Little Princess Agave - Arizona, Sonora, Chihuahua • Agave pax Gir.-Cañas - Colombia • Agave peacockii Croucher - Puebla, Oaxaca • Agave pelona Gentry – Bald Agave - Sonora • Agave pendula Schnittsp. - Chiapas, Veracruz, Guatemala • Agave petiolata Trel. - Curaçao • Agave petrophila A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez - Puebla, Oaxaca, Guerrero • Agave petskinil (R.A.Orellana – Mexico (Yucatán) • Agave phillipsiana W.C.Hodgs. - Arizona (Coconino Co) • Agave pintilla S.González - Durango • Agave planifolia S.Watson – Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua) • Agave platyphylla (Rose) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Durango, Zacatecas, Jalisco) • Agave polianthes Thiede & Eggli – C. & S. Mexico • Agave polianthiflora Gentry - Chihuahua, Sonora • Agave polyacantha Haw. - Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz • Agave potatorum Zucc. – Drunkard Agave - Puebla, Oaxaca • Agave potosina B.L.Rob. & Greenm. – NE. Mexico • Agave potreriana Trel. - Mexico • Agave pratensis A.Berger – Mexico (Jalisco, Nayarit) • Agave pringlei Engelm. ex Baker – Mexico (N. Baja California) • Agave producta Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Guerrero) • Agave promontorii Trel. - Baja California Sur • Agave pubescens Regel & Ortgies – Mexico (Morelos, Oaxaca, Chiapas) • Agave × pumila De Smet ex Baker = A. asperrima × A. nickelsiae - Coahuila • Agave quilae (Art.Castro & Aarón Rodr.) Thiede & Govaerts - Mexico (Jalisco) ==R==

• Agave revoluta Klotzsch – Mexico (México State) • Agave rhodacantha Trel. - Mexico • Agave rosei Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Nayarit) • Agave rovelliana Tod. - Texas • Agave rutteniae Hummelinck - Aruba • Agave rzedowskiana P.Carrillo - Sinaloa, Jalisco ==S==

• Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck – Pulque, Maguey, Maguey de montaña - Mexico; naturalized in South Africa, Canary Islands, Portugal • Agave sanpedroensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon – Arizona • Agave scabra Ortega – Mexico to Nicaragua • Agave scaposa Gentry - Oaxaca, Puebla • Agave schidigera Lem. - northern + central Mexico • Agave schneideriana A.Berger - Puebla • Agave schottii Engelm. – Maguey puercoesp n, Schott Agave, Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger, Leather Agave - Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico • Agave sebastiana Greene - Baja California • Agave seemanniana Jacobi - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras • Agave shaferi Trel. - Cuba • Agave shawii Engelm. – Coastal Agave, Maguey primavera - Baja California, California (San Diego Co) • Agave shrevei Gentry - Chihuahua, Sonora • Agave sileri (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – SC. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas) • Agave singuliflora (S.Watson) A.Berger – N. Mexico • Agave sisalana Perrine – Maguey de Sisal, Sisal, Sisal Hemp - Chiapas; widely cultivated for fiber; naturalized in Spain, Ecuador, Brazil, Queensland, Central America, parts of Asia + Africa, various islands • Agave sobolifera Houtt. - Cuba, Jamaica • Agave sobria Brandegee - Baja California Sur • Agave spicata Cav. - Hidalgo • Agave stictata Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (México State, Guerrero, Oaxaca) • Agave striata Zucc. - northeastern Mexico • Agave stricta Salm-Dyck - Oaxaca, Puebla • Agave stringens Trel. - Jalisco • Agave subsimplex Trel. - Sonora ==T==

• Agave tecta Trel. - Guatemala • Agave temacapulinensis A.Vázquez & Cházaro – Mexico (Jalisco) • Agave tenuifolia Zamudio & E.Sánchez - Querétaro • Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber – Mezcal azul tequilero, Tequila Agave, Weber Blue Agave - Mexico • Agave thomasiae Trel. - Guatemala • Agave titanota Gentry - Puebla, Oaxaca • Agave toumeyana Trel. – Toumey Agave, Toumey's Century Plant - Arizona • Agave triangularis Jacobi - Puebla, Oaxaca • Agave tubulata Trel. - Cuba • Agave turneri R.H.Webb & Salazar-Ceseña - Baja California ==U–V==

• Agave umbrophila (García-Mend.) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca) • Agave underwoodii Trel. - Cuba • Agave undulata Klotzsch – Mexico (Tamaulipas) • Agave univittata Haw. - Mexico, Texas • Agave utahensis Engelm. in S.Watson – Utah Agave - Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona • Agave valenciana Cházaro & A.Vázquez - Jalisco • Agave variegata Jacobi – S. Texas to Mexico • Agave vazquezgarciae Cházaro & J.A.Lomelí - Jalisco • Agave vera-cruz Mill. - Veracruz, Oaxaca; naturalized in Indian Subcontinent, Thailand, various islands • Agave verdensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon – Arizona • Agave verhoekiae (García-Mend.) Thiede – Mexico (Oaxaca) • Agave vicina Trel. - Netherlands Antilles, Venezuelan Antilles • Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore – Queen Victoria's Agave - Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Durango • Agave vilmoriniana A.Berger – Octopus Agave - Mexico • Agave virginica L. – C. & E. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico • Agave vivipara L. - Netherlands Antilles, Venezuelan Antilles; naturalised in parts of Australia + Africa • Agave vizcainoensis Gentry - Baja California Sur ==W–Z==

• Agave wallisii Jacobi - Colombia • Agave warelliana Baker - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas • Agave weberi J.F.Cels ex J.Poiss. – Maguey liso, Weber's Century Plant, Weber Agave - San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas; naturalized in southern Texas • Agave wendtii Cházaro - SE Veracruz • Agave wercklei F.A.C.Weber ex Wercklé - Costa Rica; naturalised in parts of Africa • Agave wildingii Tod. - Cuba • Agave wocomahi Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Jalisco • Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck – Century Plant, Maguey diente de tiburn - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi • Agave yavapaiensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon – Arizona • Agave zapopanensis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede – Mexico (Jalisco) • Agave zebra Gentry - Sonora ==Formerly included==

Manfreda and Polianthes species are now included in Agave. ==References==