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Agave potatorum Zucc.

This species name was first published in Flora 15(2 Beibl.): 96 (1832)  

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-0000754697.

Synonyms of Agave potatorum Zucc.

Name Author Protologue Nomenclator WFO link
Agave scolymus var. polymorpha A.Terracc. Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave : 38 (1885) wfo-0000628978
Agave amoena Lem. ex Jacobi Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 120 (1865) wfo-0000754129
Agave auricantha Baker Gard. Chron. , n.s., 8: 40 (1877) wfo-0000754168
Agave latifolia Karw. in M. Roem. Syn. Ensat. 292. wfo-0000754507
Agave potatorum var. verschaffeltii (Lem. ex Jacobi) A.Berger Agaven : 186 (1915) wfo-0000754698
Agave pulchra Salm-Dyck in Salm-Dyck, Cat. 8. wfo-0000754716
Agave quadrata Lem. Ill. Hort. 11(Misc.): 65 (1864) wfo-0000754724
Agave saundersii Hook.f. Bot. Mag. 91: t. 5493 (1865) wfo-0000754771
Agave schnittspahnii Jacobi Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 120 (1865) wfo-0000754788
Agave scolymus Karw. Hort. Dyck. 307 (1834) wfo-0000754792
Agave verschaffeltii Lem. ex Jacobi Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 122 (1865) wfo-0000754916
Agave elegans Salm-Dyck Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 89. 1859 (1859) wfo-0000840867
Agave verschaffeltii Lem. Ill. Hort. 15: t. 564 1868 wfo-0001046807