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List of Agave species

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As of May 2019, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and Plants of the World Online recognize about 270 species of Agave plus a number of natural hybrids. This includes species formerly placed in Manfreda and Polianthes.[1] Other sources may use different circumscriptions.[2][3][4][5][6][7]

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A. americana
  • 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)

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A. bracteosa
  • 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
  • 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

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A. chiapensis
  • 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[8]
  • Agave cryptica G.D.Starr & T.J.Davis - Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)
  • Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger - Colombia
  • Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger - Guerrero, Michoacán

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A. deserti
  • 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

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A. guiengola
  • 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 & 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)

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A. lechuguilla
  • 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

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)
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A. murpheyi
  • 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
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A. parviflora
  • 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

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A. sisalana
  • 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

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A. tequilana
  • 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

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A. victoriae-reginae
  • 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.[9][10]

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