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Agave americana L.

This species name was first published in Sp. Pl. : 323 (1753)  

At the time of this classification snapshot, this species name was accepted by WFO (placed as the accepted name of a taxon). Its description and other taxonomic data can be found on World Flora Online, id: wfo-0000754119.

Synonyms of Agave americana L.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Agave americana var. theometel (Zuccagni) A.Terracc. Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave 41 1885 wfo-0000628711
Agave altissima Zumagl. Fl. Pedem. 2: 50 1864 wfo-0000754117
Agave americana var. marginata Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 1914 wfo-0000754123
Agave americana var. mediopicta Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 1914 wfo-0000754124
Agave americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A.Terracc. Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave 1885 wfo-0000754125
Agave americana f. picta (Salm-Dyck) Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 1: 1037 1895 wfo-0000754126
Agave americana var. striata Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 1914 wfo-0000754127
Agave americana f. virginica Voss Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3 1: 1037 1895 wfo-0000754128
Agave communis Gaterau Descr. Pl. Montauban 70 1789 wfo-0000754265
Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot. Mem. Rev. Soc. Ci. Alzate Mexico 33: 100 1913 wfo-0000754267
Agave felina Trel. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 23: 128 1920 wfo-0000754364
Agave fuerstenbergii Jacobi Nachtr. Ord. Agav. 2: 72 1871 wfo-0000754390
Agave ingens A.Berger Hortus Mortolensis 12 1912 wfo-0000754472
Agave melliflua Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 234 1914 wfo-0000754571
Agave milleri Haw. Syn. Pl. Succ. 71 1812 wfo-0000754579
Agave ornata Jacobi Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 59 1865 wfo-0000754630
Agave picta Salm-Dyck Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 88 1859 wfo-0000754681
Agave ramosa Moench Methodus 642 1794 wfo-0000754727
Agave rasconensis Trel. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 23: 122 1920 wfo-0000754728
Agave spectabilis Salisb. Prodr. Stirp. Chap. Allerton 247 1796 wfo-0000754823
Agave subtilis Trel. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 23: 116 1920 wfo-0000754844
Agave subzonata Trel. Contr. U. S. Natl. Herb. 23: 129 1920 wfo-0000754845
Agave theometel Zuccagni Collecteana 138 1806 wfo-0000754857
Agave variegata Steud. Nomencl. Bot. 1: 18 1821 wfo-0000754909
Agave virginica Mill. Gard. Dict. ed. 8 2 1768 wfo-0000754932
Agave zonata Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 234 1914 wfo-0000754981
Aloe americana (L.) Crantz Inst. Rei Herb. 1: 466 1766 wfo-0000757833
Agave americana var. variegata Hook. Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3654 1838 wfo-0000771089
Agave salmiana var. gracilispina Rol.-Goss. Rev. Hort. 68: 11 1896 wfo-0000771192
Agave gracilispina (Rol.-Goss.) Engelm. ex Trel. Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 234 1914 wfo-0000771193
Agave americana subsp. americana Unknown wfo-0000772518
Agave americana var. subtilis (Trel.) Valenz.-Zap. & Nabhan Kaktus Klub 2004(1): 50 2004 wfo-0000805183
Agave cordillerensis Lodé & Pino Int. Cact. Advent. 77: 13 2008 wfo-0000834933
Agave americana var. americana wfo-0001235173

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Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link