# List of Agave species

* A
* B
* C
* D
* E
* F
* G
* H
* I–J
* K–L
* M
* N
* O
* P–Q
* R
* S
* T
* U–V
* W–Z
* Formerly included
* References
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. Other sources may use different circumscriptions.

## A

* 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)

## B

* 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

## C

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

## D

* 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

## G

* 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)

## K–L

* 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)
* 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
* 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

## S

* 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

## T

* 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

## U–V

* 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.
* Agave argyrophylla, syn. of Furcraea parmentieri
* Agave aspera, syn. of Furcraea hexapetala
* Agave australis, syn. of Furcraea hexapetala
* Agave bulbosa, syn. of Furcraea foetida
* Agave campanulata, syn. of Furcraea tuberosa
* Agave commelyni, syn. of Furcraea foetida
* Agave cubensis, syn. of Furcraea hexapetala
* Agave foetida, syn. of Furcraea foetida
* Agave funifera, syn. of Hesperaloe funifera
* Agave gigantea, syn. of Furcraea foetida
* Agave hexapetala, syn. of Furcraea hexapetala
* Agave madagascariensis, syn. of Furcraea foetida
* Agave odorata, syn. of Furcraea hexapetala
* Agave spinosa, syn. of Furcraea tuberosa
* Agave toneliana, syn. of Furcraea parmentieri
* Agave tuberosa Mill. 1768 not (L.) Thiede & Eggli 1999, syn. of Furcraea tuberosa