List of Agave species

A

• Agave abisaii A.Vázquez & Nieves – Mexico
• 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
• Agave albescens Trel. - Cuba
• Agave alboaustralis Thiede - Oaxaca
• Agave albomarginata Gentry - northeastern Mexico
• Agave albopilosa I.Cabral - Mexico
• 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 Thiede & Govaerts – Mexico
• Agave andreae Sahagún & A.Vázquez – Mexico
• 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
• Agave applanata Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexico
• Agave arcedianoensis Cházaro - Mexico
• 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

B

• Agave bahamana Trel. - Bahamas
• Agave beaulueriana Jacobi = Agave americana var. franzosini
• Agave bicolor Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• Agave boldinghiana Trel. - Curaçao, Bonaire
• Agave bovicornuta Gentry - Cowhorn Agave - Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora
• Agave braceana Trel. - Bahamas
• Agave bracteosa S.Watson ex Engelm. - Squid Agave - Mexico
• Agave brevipetala Trel. - Hispaniola
• Agave brevispina Trel. - Hispaniola
• Agave brittoniana Trel. - Cuba
• Agave brunnea S.Watson – NE. Mexico
• Agave bulbulifera Thiede – Mexico
• Agave bulliana Thiede & Eggli - Mexico

C

• Agave cacozela Trel. - Bahamas
• Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez - Cuba
• †Agave calodonta A.Berger - extinct
• Agave cantala 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 Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• 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, Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao
• Agave coetocapnia Govaerts & Thiede – Mexico
• Agave collina Greenm. - Morelos, Guerrero
• Agave colorata Gentry - Mescal ceniza - Sinaloa, Sonora
• Agave confertiflora Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• Agave congesta Gentry - Chiapas
• Agave convallis Trel. - Oaxaca
• Agave cremnophila - Oaxaca
• Agave cryptica G.D.Starr & T.J.Davis - Mexico
• 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
• 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
• Agave dolichantha Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• Agave durangensis Gentry - Durango, Zacatecas
• Agave dussiana Trel. - Lesser Antilles

E

• Agave eggersiana Trel. - Eggers' Century Plant, St. Croix Agave - US Virgin Islands
• Agave ehrenbergii Jacobi - Cuba = Agave mitis Mart.
• Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi – Mexico
• Agave ensifera Jacobi
• Agave evadens Trel. - Trinidad, Venezuelan Antilles

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
• Agave fusca Thiede & Eggli – Guatemala

G

• Agave galvaniae
• Agave garciae-mendozae Galván & L.Hern. - Hidalgo
• Agave geminiflora 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 A.Berger = A. havardiana × A. lechuguilla - Coahuila, western Texas
• Agave gomezpompae Cházaro & Jimeno-Sevilla - Veracruz
• Agave gracielae Galvan & Zamudio – Mexico
• Agave gracilipes Trel. - Maguey de pastizal, Slimfoot Century Plant - Chihuahua, southern New Mexico, western Texas
• Agave gracillima A.Berger – Mexico
• Agave graminifolia Govaerts & Thiede – NE. Mexico
• Agave grisea Trel. - Cuba
• Agave guadalajarana Trel. - Maguey chato - Jalisco, Nayarit
• Agave guerrerensis G.D.Rowley – Mexico
• Agave guiengola Gentry - Oaxaca
• Agave guttata Jacobi & C.D.Bouché – NE. Mexico
• Agave gypsophila Gentry - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco

H

• Agave harrisii Trel. - Jamaica
• Agave hauniensis J.B.Petersen – C. Mexico
• 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 Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• Agave hurteri Trel. - Guatemala

I–J

• Agave impressa Gentry - Sinaloa
• Agave inaequidens K.Koch - Mexico
• Agave inaguensis Trel. - Bahamas, Turks & Caicos Islands
• Agave indagatorum Trel. - Bahamas
• Agave intermixta Trel. - Hispaniola
• Agave involuta Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• Agave isthmensis A.García-Mend. & F.Palma - Oaxaca, Chiapas
• Agave jaiboli Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua
• Agave jaliscana A.Berger – W. Mexico
• Agave jarucoensis A.Álvarez - Cuba
• Agave jimenoi Cházaro & A.Vázquez – Mexico
• Agave justosierrana Thiede – Mexico

K–L

• Agave karatto Mill. - Lesser Antilles, Netherlands Antilles
• Agave karwinskii Zucc. - Oaxaca, Puebla
• Agave kavandivi García-Mend. & C.Chávez – Mexico
• Agave kerchovei Lem. - Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla
• Agave kewensis Jacobi - Chiapas
• Agave kristenii A.Vázquez & Cházaro – Mexico
• Agave lagunae Trel. - Guatemala
• Agave lechuguilla Torr. - Agave lecheguilla, Lecheguilla, Lechuguilla, Maguey lechuguilla - northern Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
• Agave × leopoldii W.Watson – AGM
• Agave littoralis
• Agave longibracteata Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• Agave longiflora G.D.Rowley – S. Texas to Mexico
• Agave longipes Trel. - Jamaica

M

• Agave macroacantha Zucc. - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave maculata Regel – S. Texas to NE. Mexico
• Agave madrensis Villarreal – Mexico
• Agave manantlanicola Cuevas & Santana-Michel - Jalisco
• Agave mapisaga Trel. - Mexico
• Agave margaritae Brandegee - Baja California Sur
• Agave maria-patriciae Cházaro & Arzaba – Mexico
• Agave marmorata Roezl - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave maximiliana Baker - Mexico
• Agave mckelveyana Gentry - Mckelvey Agave, McKelvey's Century Plant - Arizona
• Agave melanacantha Lem. ex Jacobi – C. Cuba
• Agave michoacana
• Agave microceps A.Vázquez & Cházaro - Sinaloa
• Agave millspaughii Trel. - Bahamas
• 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 Thiede – Mexico
• Agave multifilifera Gentry - Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa
• Agave murpheyi Gibson - Maguey Bandeado, Murphey Agave, Murphey's Century Plant, Hohokam Agave - Arizona, Sonora

N

• Agave nanchititlensis ined. – Mexico
• Agave nashii Trel. - Bahamas
• Agave nayaritensis Gentry - Sinaloa, Nayarit
• Agave neglecta Small - wild century plant = Agave weberi
• Agave neocernua Thiede - Jalisco
• Agave neonelsonii Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• 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 Thiede – Mexico
• Agave obscura Schiede ex Schltdl. - Mexico
• Agave ocahui Gentry - Sonora
• Agave offoyana De Smet ex Jacobi – Cuba
• Agave ornithobroma Gentry - Maguey pajarito - Nayarit, Sinaloa
• Agave oroensis Gentry - Zacatecas
• Agave ortgiesiana 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
• 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 Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• Agave panamana Trel. – Panama
• Agave paniculata
• Agave papyrocarpa Trel. - Cuba
• Agave parrasana A.Berger - Coahuila
• Agave parryi Engelm. - Mezcal yapavai, Parry Agave, Parry's Agave - Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
• Agave parva Thiede – Mexico
• 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
• Agave phillipsiana W.C.Hodgs. - Arizona
• Agave pintilla S.González - Durango
• Agave planifolia S.Watson – Mexico
• Agave platyphylla Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• 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
• Agave pringlei Engelm. ex Baker – Mexico
• Agave producta Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• Agave promontorii Trel. - Baja California Sur
• Agave pubescens Regel & Ortgies – Mexico
• Agave × pumila De Smet ex Baker = A. asperrima × A. nickelsiae - Coahuila
• Agave quilae Thiede & Govaerts - Mexico

R

• Agave revoluta Klotzsch – Mexico
• Agave rhodacantha Trel. - Mexico
• Agave rosei Thiede & Eggli – Mexico
• 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
• Agave shrevei Gentry - Chihuahua, Sonora
• Agave sileri Thiede & Eggli – SC. Texas to Mexico
• Agave singuliflora 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
• 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
• 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 Thiede – Mexico
• Agave underwoodii Trel. - Cuba
• Agave undulata Klotzsch – Mexico
• 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 Thiede – Mexico
• 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 Thiede – Mexico
• Agave zebra Gentry - Sonora

Formerly included