En mai 2019, la base de Kew gardens : World Checklist of Selected Plant Families et les références de Plants of the World Online reconnaissent quelque 270 espèces d'Agave avec, en plus, un certain nombre d'hybrides naturels. Ceci en incluant les espèces anciennement dans les genres Manfreda et Polianthes . D'autres sources utilisent des circonscriptions différentes[1] , [2] , [3] , [4] , [5] , [6] .
Agave americana
Agave abisaii A.Vázquez & Nieves – Mexique (Jalisco)
Agave acicularis Trel. - Cuba
Agave acklinicola Trel. - Bahamas
Agave × ajoensis W.C.Hodgs. - Comté de Pima en Arizona = A. deserti var. simplex × A. schottii var. schottii
Agave aktites Gentry - Mexique (Sinaloa , Sonora )
Agave albescens Trel. - Cuba
Agave alboaustralis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede - Oaxaca
Agave albomarginata Gentry - Nord-est du Mexique
Agave albopilosa I.Cabral - Mexique (Nuevo León)
Agave americana L. – Agave américaine - Mexique, Texas, Arizona ; naturalisée en Afrique, Eurasie, Australie, et plusieurs îles d'amérique du Sud
Agave andreae Sahagún & A.Vázquez – Mexique (Michoacán )
Agave angustiarum Trel. - Mexique
Agave angustifolia Haw. - Mexique, Amérique centrale; naturalisé en Espagne, Afrique du Sud,sous-continent Indien, et diverses îles
Agave anomala Trel. - Bahamas, Cuba
Agave antillarum Descourt. - Cuba, Hispaniola
Agave apedicellata Thiede & Eggli – Mexique (Jalisco, San Luis Potosí)
Agave applanata Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexique
Agave arcedianoensis Cházaro - Mexique (Jalisco)
Agave × arizonica Gentry & J.H.Weber = A. chrysantha × A. toumeyana var. bella - Arizona
Agave arubensis Hummelinck - Aruba
Agave asperrima Jacobi – - Texas, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas
Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck - Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz
Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck – Agave cou de cygne, Agave à queue de renard - Mexique ; naturalisée dans le sud de l'Australie
Agave aurea Brandegee - Basse-Californie du Sud
Agave avellanidens Trel. - Basse-Californie (État)
Agave azurea R.H.Webb & G.D.Starr – Mexique (Basse-Californie du Sud )
Agave bracteosa
Agave bahamana Trel. - Bahamas
Agave beaulueriana Jacobi = Agave americana var. franzosinii
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 (Îles Abacos )
Agave bracteosa S.Watson ex Engelm. – Agave calamar - Mexique (Coahuila, Nuevo León)
Agave brevipetala Trel. - Hispaniola
Agave brevispina Trel. - Hispaniola
Agave brittoniana Trel. - Cuba
Agave brunnea S.Watson – NE. Mexique
Agave bulbulifera (Castillejos & E.Solano) Thiede – Mexique (Guerrero)
Agave bulliana (Baker) Thiede & Eggli - Mexique
Agave chiapensis
Agave cacozela Trel. - Bahamas (Eleuthera)
Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez - Cuba
†Agave calodonta A.Berger - éteinte
Agave cantala (Haw. ) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck – Cantala - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras
Agave capensis Gentry - Basse-Californie du Sud = Agave aurea var. capensis
Agave caribaeicola Trel. - Antilles
Agave caymanensis Proctor - Îles Caïmans
Agave cerulata Trel. - Basse-Californie
Agave chamelensis (E.J.Lott & Verh. -Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexique (Jalisco)
Agave chazaroi A.Vázquez & O.M.Valencia - Jalisco
Agave chiapensis Jacobi - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala
Agave chrysantha Peebles – Agave aux fleurs d'or - Arizona
Agave chrysoglossa I.M.Johnst. - Basse-Californie (État) , Sonora
Agave cocui Trel. - Colombie, Venezuela (incl ile Margarita ), Aruba , Bonaire , Curaçao
Agave coetocapnia (M.Roem. ) Govaerts & Thiede – Mexique
Agave collina Greenm. - Morelos, Guerrero
Agave colorata Gentry – Mescal ceniza - Sinaloa, Sonora
Agave confertiflora Thiede & Eggli – Mexique (Chihuahua)
Agave congesta Gentry - Chiapas
Agave convallis Trel. - Oaxaca
Agave cremnophila - Oaxaca[7]
Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger - Colombie
Agave cupreata Trel. & A.Berger - Guerrero, Michoacán
Agave deserti
Agave dasylirioides Jacobi & C. D. Bouché - Morelos, État de Mexico
Agave datylio F. A. C. Weber - Basse-Californie du Sud
Agave debilis A. Berger – C. & SW. Mexique (Hidalgo)
Agave decipiens Baker – Faux Sisal - Floride; naturalisé dans certaines parties de l'Afrique
Agave delamateri W. C. Hodgs. & Slauson - Arizona
Agave demeesteriana Jacobi - Sinaloa, Veracruz
Agave deserti Engelm. – l'Agave du Désert - Basse-Californie (État) , Californie, Arizona
Agave difformis A. Berger - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí
Agave doctorensis L. Hern. & Magallán – Mexique (Querétaro)
Agave dolichantha Thiede & Eggli – Mexique (Jalisco, Michoacán)
Agave durangensis Gentry - Durango, Zacatecas
Agave dussiana Trel. - Petites Antilles
Agave eggersiana Trel. – Agave sainte-Croix - les Îles Vierges américaines (ste Croix , Saint-Thomas )
Agave ehrenbergii Jacobi - Cuba = Agave mitis Mart.
Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi – Mexique (Veracruz, Oaxaca)
Agave ensifera Jacobi – NE du Mexique
Agave evadens Trel. - Trinidad, Antilles vénézuélienne (île Margarita )
Agave felgeri Gentry – Mescalito - Sonora
Agave filifera Salm-Dyck – Fil-des feuilles d'Agave - Querétaro au Mexique de l'État, Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí
Agave flexispina Trel. - Chihuahua, Durango
Agave fortiflora Gentry - Sonora
Agave fourcroydes Lem. – De l'Henequen, Maguey de l'Henequen, Mexicain Sisal - Mexique, Guatemala; naturalisé dans les Antilles, Italie, Îles Canaries
Agave funkiana K. Koch & C. D. Bouché – Ixtle de Jaumav - Mexique (dans l'état de Tamaulipas au Chiapas)
Agave fusca (Ravenne) Thiede & Eggli – Guatemala
Agave guiengola
Agave galvaniae (A. Castañeda – Mexico ( État de México)
Agave garciae-mendozae Galván & L. Hern. - Hidalgo
Agave geminiflora (Tagl. ) Ker Tout Gawl. - Nayarit
Agave gentryi B. Ullrich - Nuevo León, Querétaro
Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex-Jacobi - Mexique, Guatemala
Agave gigantensis Gentry - Sierra de la Giganta en Baja California Sur
Agave gilbertii A. Berger - Mexique
Agave × glomeruliflora (Engelm. A. Berger = A. havardiana × A. lechuguilla - dans l'état de Coahuila, de l'ouest du Texas
Agave gomezpompae Cházaro & Jimeno-Sevilla - Veracruz
Agave gracielae Galvan & Zamudio – Mexique (Querétaro)
Agave gracilipes Trel. – Maguey de pastizal tout au, Slimfoot Usine de Siècle - Chihuahua, le sud du Nouveau-Mexique, du Texas occidental
Agave gracillima A. Berger – Mexique (Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit)
Agave graminifolia (Rose) Govaerts & Thiede – NE. Mexique (à Jalisco)
Agave grisea Trel. - Cuba
Agave guadalajarana Trel. – Maguey chato - Jalisco, Nayarit
Agave guerrerensis (Matuda) G. D. Rowley – Mexique (état de Guerrero)
Agave guiengola Gentry - Oaxaca
Agave guttata Jacobi & C. D. Bouché – NE. Mexique (à Jalisco)
Agave gypsophile Gentry - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco
Agave harrisii Trel. - Jamaïque
Agave hauniensis J. B. Petersen – C. Mexique (à l'état de Guerrero)
Agave havardiana Trel. – Havard de l'Usine de Siècle, Chisos d'Agave, Maguey de Havard - Chihuahua, Coahuila, au Texas
Agave hiemiflora Gentry - Chiapas, le Guatemala
Agave hookeri Jacobi - Jalisco, Michoacán
Agave horrida Lem. ex-Jacobi - Morelos, Veracruz, Oaxaca
Agave howardii (Verh. -Va.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexique (Jalisco, Colima)
Agave hurteri Trel. - Guatemala
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. - Haiti
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)
Agave lechuguilla
Agave karatto Mill. - Antilles
Agave karwinskii Zucc. - Oaxaca, Puebla
Agave kavandivi García-Mend. & C.Chávez – Mexique (Oaxaca)
Agave kerchovei Lem. - Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla
Agave kewensis Jacobi - Chiapas
Agave kristenii A.Vázquez & Cházaro – Mexique (Michoacán)
Agave lagunae Trel. - Guatemala (Amatitlán )
Agave lechuguilla Torr. – Agave lecheguilla , Lecheguilla, Lechuguilla, Maguey lechuguilla - northern Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
Agave littoralis (García-Mend. – Mexique (Guerrero, Oaxaca)
Agave longibracteata (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexique (Michoacán)
Agave longiflora (Rose) G.D.Rowley – S. Texas et Mexique (Tamaulipas, Nuebo León)
Agave longipes Trel. - Jamaique
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 )
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
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
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
Agave parryi
Agave parviflora
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)
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
Agave sisalana
Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck – Pulque, Maguey, Maguey de montaña - Mexico; naturalized in South Africa, Canary Islands
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, 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
Agave 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
Agave 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
Agave wallisii Jacobi - Colombie
Agave warelliana Baker - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
Agave weberi J. F. Cels ex J. Poiss. – Maguey liso, Weber Usine de Siècle, Weber Agave - San Luis Potosí, dans l'état de Tamaulipas; naturalisé dans le sud du Texas
Agave wercklei F. A. C. Weber ex Wercklé - Costa Rica; naturalisé dans certaines parties de l'Afrique
Agave wildingii Tod. - Cuba
Agave wocomahi Gentry - Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Jalisco
Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck – Siècle de l'Usine, Maguey diente de tiburn - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi
Agave yavapaiensis W. C. Hodgs. & Salywon – Arizona
Agave zapopanensis (E. Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede – Mexique (Jalisco)
Agave zebra Gentry - Sonora
Les espèces des genres Manfreda et Polianthes sont inscrites dans les Agave .
Agave argyrophylla , synonyme de Furcraea parmentieri
Agave aspera , syn. de Furcraea hexapetala
Agave australis , syn. de Furcraea hexapetala
Agave bulbosa , syn. de Furcraea foetida
Agave campanulata , syn. de Furcraea tuberosa
Agave commelyni , syn. de Furcraea foetida
Agave cubensis , syn. de Furcraea hexapetala
Agave foetida , syn. de Furcraea foetida
Agave funifera , syn. de Hesperaloe funifera
Agave gigantea , syn. de Furcraea foetida
Agave hexapetala , syn. de Furcraea hexapetala
Agave madagascariensis , syn. de Furcraea foetida
Agave odorata , syn. de Furcraea hexapetala
Agave spinosa , syn. de Furcraea tuberosa
Agave toneliana , syn. de Furcraea parmentieri
Agave tuberosa Mill. 1768 not (L.) Thiede & Eggli 1999, syn. de Furcraea tuberosa
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