Asparagaceae

Agave L.

First published in Sp. Pl.: 323 (1753)
This genus is accepted
The native range of this genus is Central & E. U.S.A. to Venezuela, Caribbean.

Distribution

Native to:

Arizona, Aruba, Bahamas, Belize, California, Cayman Is., Colombia, Costa Rica, Cuba, Dominican Republic, El Salvador, Florida, Guatemala, Haiti, Honduras, Jamaica, Leeward Is., Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast, Mexico Southwest, Netherlands Antilles, Nevada, New Mexico, Nicaragua, Panamá, Puerto Rico, Texas, Trinidad-Tobago, Turks-Caicos Is., Utah, Venezuela, Venezuelan Antilles, Windward Is.

Introduced into:

Albania, Aldabra, Algeria, Amsterdam-St.Paul Is., Andaman Is., Angola, Argentina Northeast, Ascension, Assam, Azores, Baleares, Bangladesh, Benin, Bermuda, Bolivia, Botswana, Brazil Southeast, Burundi, Cambodia, Canary Is., Cape Provinces, Cape Verde, Caroline Is., Central African Republic, Chad, China South-Central, China Southeast, Comoros, Corse, East Aegean Is., East Himalaya, Ecuador, Eritrea, Eswatini, Ethiopia, Fiji, France, Free State, Gambia, Gilbert Is., Great Britain, Greece, Guinea, Gulf of Guinea Is., Hawaii, India, Italy, Juan Fernández Is., Korea, Kriti, KwaZulu-Natal, Lesotho, Libya, Line Is., Madagascar, Madeira, Marianas, Marshall Is., Mauritius, Morocco, Mozambique, Mozambique Channel Is., Myanmar, Nansei-shoto, Nauru, Nepal, New Caledonia, New South Wales, New Zealand North, New Zealand South, Norfolk Is., Northern Provinces, NW. Balkan Pen., Ogasawara-shoto, Pakistan, Palestine, Peru, Portugal, Queensland, Rwanda, Réunion, Sardegna, Senegal, Seychelles, Sicilia, Solomon Is., Somalia, South China Sea, Southwest Caribbean, Spain, Sri Lanka, St.Helena, Tasmania, Thailand, Tunisia, Türkiye, West Himalaya

Synonyms

Heterotypic Synonyms

Accepted Species

Classification

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Publications

POWO follows these authorities in accepting this name:

  • (2020). https://doi.org/10.3389/fpls.2020.536135. epublication.
  • Govaerts, R. (1995). World Checklist of Seed Plants 1(1, 2): 1-483, 1-529. MIM, Deurne.

Flora of Somalia

  • Flora Somalia, Vol 4, (1995) Author: by M. Thulin [updated by M. Thulin 2008]

Other Data

Other Kew resources that provide information on this taxon:

Date Reference Identified As Barcode Type Status Has image?
s.coll. [6192] K002171251 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171436 Yes
Rose, J.N. [2045] Mexico K001276044 Yes
Hassler, E. [12505] Paraguay K002171252 Yes
Handover, W.P. [31] Venezuela K002171258 Yes
{Milliken; Bevan; Smart} [124] Venezuela K002171259 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171539 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [43575] India K002171052 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. Seychelles K:SPC-29047.035 No
Baker, F.D.J. [s.n.] K002171590 Yes
André, É. [3585] K002171255 Yes
Van Hermann, H.A. [656] Cuba K002171232 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [11665] Malawi K002171088 Yes
Renvoize, S.A. [1275] Seychelles K:SPC-29047.034 No
[St Louis Poter]; Engelma [s.n.] Mexico K002171190 Yes
s.coll. [[7]] South Africa K002171122 Yes
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [15383] Mexico K001276042 Yes
Coode, M.J.E.; Bosser, J.M. [4584] Reunion K002171111 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Barbados K002171237 Yes
EMC, G.E. [1622] Mozambique K002171086 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002171437 Yes
Barlee, F.P. [s.n.] Belize K002171179 No
Hinton, G.B.; et al. [12713] Mexico K001276046 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Barbados K002171235 Yes
Munn-Estrada, X.; Kasey, T. [1181] Mexico K000267205 Yes
s.n. [s.n.] K002171424 Yes
s.n. [44] United States K002171013 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] K002171070 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002171120 Yes
Curtiss, A.H. [335] K002171233 Yes
Gonzalez Ortega, J. [5401] Mexico K001276025 Yes
Stafford, D. [1091] Peru K002171256 Yes
Hinton, G.B. [4157] Mexico K001276027 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002171568 Yes
Martínez, E.; Tenorio, E.; Torres, R. [2639] Mexico K000524826 Type Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002171567 Yes
Kerr, A.F.G. [11030] K002171053 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] United Kingdom K002171561 Yes
Wit, P.; Gbile, Z.O.; Daramola, B.O. [1421] Nigeria K002171067 Yes
Pringle, C.G. [4505] Mexico K001276045 Yes
Berkeley, J.H.H. [s.n.] K002171231 Yes
H.; et al. [7512] Mexico K001276028 Yes
Henkel, T.W.; Chin, M. [5500] Guyana K002171245 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171540 Yes
Marcan, A. [1169] Thailand K002171056 Yes
Matthew, K.M. [53156] India K002171050 Yes
Gueko, J. Mauritius K:SPC-37651.000 No
Munn-Estrada, X.; Mendoza, F. [1387A] Mexico K000267208 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Mexico K000267209 Yes
Bramwell, L.M. [3478] United Kingdom K002171116 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Barbados K002171236 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Barbados K001731164 Yes
Rose, J.N. [2045a] Mexico K001276043 Yes
Wilms, F. [1562] South Africa K002171115 Yes
Berger [s.n.] Italy K000499581 Type Yes
Berger [s.n.] Italy K000499582 Type Yes
United Kingdom K:SPC-19053.000 No
Matthew, K.M.; Matthew, K.T. [51009] India K002171051 Yes
Said, I.M.; Eri, J.; Balu, K. [s.n.] Brunei K002171059 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Barbados K002171239 Yes
Munn-Estrada, X.; Kasey, T. [1181] Mexico K000267206 Yes
Furtado, C.X. [s.n.] Singapore K002171054 Yes
s.coll. [1] Jamaica K002171230 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002171439 Yes
Said, I.M.; Eri, J.; Balu, K. [s.n.] Brunei K002171058 Yes
Venezuela K:SPC-66332.000 No
Perdue, R.E.; Kibuwa, S.P. [8194] Kenya K002171084 Yes
Guého, E.L.J. [s.n.] Mauritius K002171109 Yes
Wood, J.R.I.; Gutierrez, C. [20238] Bolivia K002171254 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002171438 Yes
Munn-Estrada, X.; Mendoza, F. [1442] Mexico K000267207 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002171124 Yes
s.coll. [2] K002171578 Yes
Brummitt, R.K. [11665] Malawi K002171087 Yes
s.coll. [7] South Africa K002171123 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002171440 Yes
Miller, O.O.; Johnston, J.O. [243] Venezuela K002171257 Yes
Hammel, B.; Cano, C. [19595] Costa Rica K002171178 No
s.coll. [7] K002171117 Yes
Britto, S.J. [41513] India K002171049 Yes
Coode, M.J.E.; Bosser, J.M. [4584] Reunion K002171112 Yes
Hu, S.Y. [12539] Hong Kong K002171024 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002171119 Yes
Wood, J.R.I. [20238] Bolivia K002171253 Yes
Gossweiler, J. [s.n.] Central African Republic K002171068 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Italy K002171577 Yes
Marcan, A. [1137] Thailand K002171055 Yes
Mwangangi, O.M. [1935] Kenya K002171085 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] K002171538 Yes
Acevedo-Rodriguez, P.; De la Cruz, M.D.; Young, G.W.; Davidson, R.L.; Nuñez, C. [13219] Dominican Republic K002171229 Yes
Coode, M.J.E.; Bosser, J.M. [4584] Reunion K002171110 Yes
Henry, A. [1016] Spain K002171025 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] South Africa K002171118 Yes
s.coll. [7509] Central African Republic K002171069 Yes
s.coll. [7] South Africa K002171121 Yes
Marcan, A. [1169] Thailand K002171057 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Barbados K002171238 Yes
Jenman [2139] Guyana K002171244 Yes
s.coll. [s.n.] Barbados K002171234 Yes

Sources

  • EBC Common Names

    • Common Names from Kew's Economic Botany Collection https://www.kew.org/science/collections-and-resources/collections/economic-botany-collection

  • Flora of Somalia

    • Flora of Somalia
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Flora of the Cayman Islands

    • Flora of the Cayman Islands
    • http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0

  • Herbarium Catalogue Specimens

    • 'The Herbarium Catalogue, Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published on the Internet http://www.kew.org/herbcat [accessed on Day Month Year]'. Please enter the date on which you consulted the system.

  • Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China

    • The Malesian Key Group (2010) Interactive Key to Seed Plants of Malesia and Indo-China (Version 2.0, 28 Jul 2010) The Nationaal Herbarium Nederland Leiden and The Royal Botanic Gardens Kew

  • Kew Backbone Distributions

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0

  • Kew Names and Taxonomic Backbone

    • The International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants 2025. Published on the Internet at http://www.ipni.org and https://powo.science.kew.org/
    • © Copyright 2023 International Plant Names Index and World Checklist of Vascular Plants. http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/3.0