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Vernacular names of plants within the Genus Agave

Hierarchical position of the Genus Agave

Regnum  Plantae common name: The plant kingdom       Divisio  Magnoliophyta Cronquist syn. Angiospermophyta / Anthophyta pub. Takht. & Zimmerm. ex Reveal, Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: angiosperms, flowering plants       Subdivisio  Magnoliophytina Frohne & U. Jensen ex Reveal pub. Phytologia 79: 70. 29 Apr 1996. common name: Angiosperms       Classis  Liliopsida Brongn. pub. Enum. Pl. Mus. Paris: xv, 17. 12 Aug 1843. common name: Monocots       Subclassis  Liliidae J.H. Schaffn. pub. Ohio Naturalist 11: 413. Dec 1911.       SuperOrdo  Lilianae Takht. pub. Sist. Filog. Cvetk. Rast.: 473. Jan-Mar 1967.       Ordo  Agavales Hutch. pub. Fam. Fl. Pl. 2: 14, 149. 1934.       Familia  Agavaceae Endl. pub. Ench. Bot.: 105. 15-21 Aug 1841. common name: Agaves       Subfamilia  Agavoideae Herb. pub. Amaryllidaceae: 48, 57, 67, 121. late Apr 1837.       Tribus  Agaveae Dumort. pub. Anal. Fam. Pl.: 58. 1829.       Genus  Agave L. pub. (1753) common name: agave

Named members of the Genus Agave

1	Species  americana L. common name: American aloe, agave, century plant
	2    Subspecies  americana common name: American century plant, American century plant   3    Varietas  americana common name: American century plant, American century plant 4    Varietas  expansa (Jacobi) Gentry common name: American century plant, American century plant 5    Subspecies  protamericana Gentry common name: American century plant
6	Species  angustifolia Haw. common name: century plant
7	Species  arizonica Gentry & J.H. Weber common name: Arizona century plant
8	Species  asperrima Jacobi common name: rough century plant
9	Species  atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck common name: maguey
10	Species  cantala Roxb. common name: cantala
11	Species  chisosensis C.H. Muller syn. Agave glomeruliflora
12	Species  chrysantha Peebles common name: goldenflower century plant
13	Species  consociata Trel. syn. Agave deserti ssp. deserti
14	Species  decipiens Baker common name: false sisal
15	Species  delamateri W.C. Hodgson & L. Slauson
16	Species  deserti Engelm.
	17    Subspecies  deserti common name: desert agave 18    Subspecies  simplex Gentry common name: desert agave
19	Species  desmettiana Jacobi common name: dwarf century plant
20	Species  eggersiana Trel. common name: Eggers' century plant
21	Species  fourcroydes Lemaire common name: henequen
22	Species  glomeruliflora (Engelm.) Berger common name: Chisos Mountain century plant
23	Species  gracilipes Trel. common name: slimfoot century plant
24	Species  havardiana Trel. common name: Havard's century plant
25	Species  heteracantha Zucc. syn. Agave lophantha
26	Species  huachucensis Baker syn. Agave parryi ssp. parryi
27	Species  kaibabensis McKelvey syn. Agave utahensis var. kaibabensis
28	Species  lata Shinners syn. Manfreda virginica
29	Species  lechuguilla Torr. common name: lechuguilla
30	Species  lophantha Schiede
	31    Varietas  poselgeri (Salm-Dyck) Berger syn. Agave lechuguilla
32	Species  maculata Engelm. ex Torr., non Regel syn. Manfreda maculosa
33	Species  maculosa Hook.
	34    Varietas  minor Jacobi syn. Manfreda maculosa
35	Species  mckelveyana Gentry common name: McKelvey's century plant
36	Species  missionum Trel. common name: corita
37	Species  murpheyi F. Gibson common name: Murphey's century plant
38	Species  neglecta Small common name: wild century plant
39	Species  neomexicana Woot. & Standl. syn. Agave parryi ssp. neomexicana
40	Species  palmeri Engelm.
	41    Varietas  chrysantha (Peebles) Little ex L. Benson syn. Agave chrysantha
42	Species  parryi Engelm. common name: century plant
	43    Varietas  couesii (Engelm. ex Trel.) Kearney & Peebles syn. Agave parryi ssp. parryi 44    Varietas  huachucensis (Baker) Little ex L. Benson syn. Agave parryi ssp. parryi 45    Subspecies  neomexicana (Woot. & Standl.) Ullrich common name: Parry's agave 46    Subspecies  parryi common name: Parry's agave
47	Species  parviflora Torr. common name: smallflower century plant
48	Species  portoricensis Trel. common name: Puerto Rico century plant
49	Species  rigida P. Mill.
	50    Varietas  sisalana (Perrine) Engelm. syn. Agave sisalana
51	Species  scabra Salm-Dyck syn. Agave parryi ssp. parryi
52	Species  schottii Engelm.
	53    Varietas  schottii common name: Schott's century plant 54    Varietas  treleasei (Toumey) Kearney & Peebles common name: Trelease's century plant
55	Species  shawii Engelm. common name: coastal agave
56	Species  sisalana Perrine common name: sisal hemp
57	Species  tequilana A. Weber common name: tequila agave
58	Species  tigrina (Engelm.) Cory syn. Manfreda virginica
59	Species  toumeyana Trel.
	60    Subspecies  bella (Breitung) Gentry syn. Agave toumeyana var. bella 61    Varietas  bella Breitung common name: Toumey's century plant 62    Varietas  toumeyana common name: Toumey's century plant
63	Species  utahensis Engelm.
	64    Varietas  eborispina (Hester) Breitung common name: Utah agave 65    Subspecies  kaibabensis (McKelvey) Gentry syn. Agave utahensis var. kaibabensis 66    Varietas  kaibabensis (McKelvey) Breitung common name: Kaibab agave 67    Varietas  nevadensis Engelm. ex Greenm. & Roush common name: Nevada agave 68    Varietas  utahensis common name: Utah agave
69	Species  variegata Jacobi syn. Manfreda variegata
70	Species  virginica L. syn. Manfreda virginica
71	Species  weberi Cels ex Poisson common name: Weber's century plant
72	Species  xylonacantha Salm-Dyck common name: century plant

Individual specimen entries are published in the sample database supplied with The Compleat Botanica for species or varieties of this supra-generic taxon.

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For a description of the methodology followed in establishing this hierarchy see the note Nomenclature used in The Compleat Botanica.