Agavaceae Family

 Agavaceae Family Classification

The Agavaceae is a family of succulent plants who includes 950 species distributed in about 24 genus:

Agave
Anemarrhena
Anthericum
Behnia
Beschorneria
Bravoa
Camassia
Chlorogalum
Chlorophytum
Clistoyucca
Eremocrinum
Furcraea
Herreria
Hesperaloe
Hesperocallis
Hesperoyucca
Hosta
Littaea
Manfreda
Polianthes
Prochnyanthes
Pseudobravoa
Samuela
Yucca

 

Being, perhaps, the genus Agave the one that interests to us more:

Agave aboriginum

Agave abortiva

Agave abrupta

Agave acicularis

Agave acklinicola

Agave affinis

Agave lechuguilla  Agave Χ ajoensis = Agave schottii var. schottii Χ Agave deserti var. simplex

Agave aktites

Agave albescens

Agave albomarginata

Agave alibertii

Agave aloides

Agave amaniensis

Agave americana  L. – American Agave, American Century Plant, Century Plant, Maguey americano

Agave americana var. americana

Agave americana var. expansa

Agave americana var. latifolia

Agave americana var. marginata

Agave americana var. medio-picta

Agave americana var. oaxacensis

Agave americana var. striata

Agave americana ssp. protamericana

 

Tequila Agave (Agave tequilana)Agave angustiarum

Agave angustifolia Haw. – Century plant, Maguey espad n

Agave angustissima

Agave anomala

Agave antillarum

Agave antillarum var. grammontensis

Agave applanata

Agave arizonica Gentry & J.H. Weber – Arizona Agave, Arizona Century Plant

Agave arubensis

Agave aspera

Agave asperrima Jacobi – Maguey spero, Rough Century Plant

Agave atrovirens

Agave atrovirens var. mirabilis— The World's largest Agave.

Agave attenuata – Swan's Neck Agave, Dragon Tree Agave, Foxtail Agave

Agave aurea

Agave horridaAgave avellanidens

Agave bahamana

Agave bakeri

Agave banlan

Agave barbadensis

Agave baxteri

Agave bergeri

Agave bernhardi

Agave boldinghiana

Agave bollii

Agave botterii

Agave bouchei

Agave bourgaei

Agave bovicornuta – Cowhorn Agave

Agave braceana

Agave brachystachys

Agave bracteosa – Squid Agave

Agave brandegeei

Agave brauniana

Agave breedlovei

Agave brevipetala

Agave breviscapa

Agave brevispina

Agave brittonia

Agave bromeliaefolia

Agave brunnea

Agave bulbifera

Agave cacozela

Agave cajalbanensis

Agave calderoni

Agave calodonta

Agave campanulata

Agave cantala Roxb. – cantala, Maguey de la India (supplies Manila-Maquey fiber)

Agave capensis

Agave carchariodonta

Agave caribaea

Agave caribiicola

Agave carminis

Agave caroli-schmidtii

Agave celsii

Agave cernua

Agave cerulata

Agave cerulata ssp. subcerulata

Agave chiapensis (syn. Agave polyacantha)

Agave chihuahuana

Agave chinensis

Agave chisosensis

Agave chloracantha

Agave chrysantha Peebles – Golden Flowered Agave, Golden Flower Century Plant

Agave chrysoglossa

Agave coccinea

Agave cocui

Agave coespitosa

Agave colimana

Agave collina

Agave colorata – Mescal ceniza

Agave compacta

Agave complicata

Agave compluviata

Agave concinna

Agave congesta

Agave conjuncta

Agave connochaetodon

Agave consociata

Agave convallis

Agave corderoyi

Agave costaricana

Agave cucullata

Agave cundinamarcensis

Agave cupreata

Agave dasyliriodes

Agave datylio

Agave davilloni

Agave de-meesteriana

Agave dealbata

Agave deamiana

Agave debilis

Agave decaisneana

Agave decipiens Baker – False Sisal

Agave delamateri W.C. Hodgson & L. Slauson

Agave densiflora

Agave dentiens

Agave deserti Engelm. – Desert Century Plant, Desert Agave, Maguey de Desierto

Agave deserti ssp. simplex

Agave desmettiana Jacobi – Dwarf Century Plant, Smooth Agave (syn. A. miradorensis)

Agave diacantha

Agave difformis

Agave disceptata

Agave disjuncta

Agave dissimulans

Agave donnell-smithii

Agave durangensis

Agave dussiana

Agave eborispina

Agave echinoοdes

Agave eduardi

Agave eggersiana Trel. – Eggers' Century Plant, St. Croix Agave

Agave ehrenbergii

Agave eichlami

Agave ekmani

Agave elizae

Agave ellemeetiana

Agave endlichiana

Agave engelmanni

Agave entea

Agave erosa

Agave evadens

Agave excelsa

Agave expatriata

Agave falcata

Agave falcata var. espadina

Agave falcata var. microcarpa

Agave felgeri – Mescalito

Agave felina

Agave fenzliana

Agave ferdinandi-regis

Agave filifera – Thread-leaf Agave

Agave filifera subsp. microceps

Agave flaccida

Agave flaccifolia

Agave flavovirens

Agave flexispina

Agave fortiflora

Agave fourcroydes Lemaire – Henequen, Maguey Henequen, Mexican Sisal (supplies henequen fiber)

Agave fourcroydes var. espiculata

Agave fragrantissima

Agave franceschiana

Agave franzosini

Agave friderici

Agave funifera

Agave funkiana – Ixtle de Jaumave (syn. Agave lophanta)

Agave galeottei

Agave garciae-mendozae

Agave geminiflora

Agave geminiflora var. filifera

Agave gentryi

Agave ghiesbrechtii

Agave glabra

Agave glaucescens

Agave goeppertiana

Agave glomeruliflora (Engelm.) Berger – Chisos Mountain Century Plant, Maguey del Bravo

Agave gracilipes Trel. – Maguey de pastizal, Slimfoot Century Plant

Agave gracilis

Agave grandibracteata

Agave granulosa

Agave grenadina

Agave grijalvensis

Agave grisea

Agave guadalajarana – Maguey chato

Agave guatemalensis

Agave guedeneyri

Agave guiengola

Agave gutierreziana

Agave guttata

Agave gypsophila

Agave hanburii

Agave harrisii

Agave hartmani

Agave haseloffii

Agave hauniensis

Agave havardiana Trel. – Havard's Century Plant, Chisos Agave, Maguey de Havard

Agave haynaldi

Agave henriquesii

Agave hexapetala

Agave hiemiflora

Agave hookeri

Agave horizontalis

Agave horrida

Agave houghii

Agave huachucaensis

Agave huehueteca

Agave humboldtiana

Agave hurteri

Agave impressa

Agave inaequidens

Agave inaguensis

Agave indagatorum

Agave ingens

Agave inopinabilis

Agave integrifolia

Agave intermixta

Agave intrepida

Agave isthmensis

Agave jaiboli

Agave jarucoensis

Agave karatto

Agave kellermaniana

Agave kerchovei

Agave kewensis

Agave kirchneriana

Agave lagunae

Agave langlassei

Agave laticincta

Agave latifolia

Agave laurentiana

Agave laxa

Agave laxifolia

Agave lecheguilla Torr. – Agave lechuguilla, Lecheguilla, Lechuguilla, Maguey lechuguilla (syn. Agave heteracantha)

Agave lemairei

Agave lempana

Agave lespinassei

Agave lindleyi

Agave littaeaoides

Agave longipes

Agave longisepala

Agave lophantha Schiede – Maguey mezortillo, thorncrest Century Plant

Agave lurida

Agave macrantha

Agave macroculmis (= Agave gentryi) – Hardy Century Plant

Agave maculata

Agave madagascariensis

Agave mapisaga

Agave margaritae

Agave marmorata

Agave martiana

Agave maximiliana

Agave maximowicziana

Agave mayoensis

Agave mckelveyana Gentry – Mckelvey Agave, McKelvey's Century Plant

Agave medioxima

Agave megalacantha

Agave melanacantha

Agave melliflua

Agave mexicana

Agave micracantha

Agave millspaughii

Agave minarum

Agave mirabilis See Agave atrovirens var. mirabilis

Agave missionum Trel. – Corita

Agave mitis

Agave monostachya

Agave montana

Agave montserratensis

Agave moranii

Agave morrisii

Agave muilmanni

Agave mulfordiana

Agave multifilifera

Agave multiflora

Agave multilineata

Agave murpheyi F. Gibson – Maguey Bandeado, Murphey Agave, Murphey's Century Plant, Hohokam Agave

Agave nashii

Agave nayaritensis

Agave neglecta Small – Wild Century Plant

Agave nelsoni

Agave nevadensis

Agave nevidis

Agave newberyi

Agave nickelsi

Agave nissoni

Agave nizandensis – Dwarf Octopus Agave

Agave noli-tangere

Agave obducta

Agave oblongata

Agave obscura

Agave ocahui

Agave ocahui var. longifolia

Agave offoyana

Agave oligophylla

Agave oliverana

Agave opacidens

Agave orcuttiana

Agave ornithobroma – Maguey pajarito

Agave oroensis

Agave ovatifolia

Agave oweni

Agave pachyacantha

Agave pachycentra

Agave pacifica

Agave pallida

Agave palmaris

Agave palmeri Engelm. – Maguey de tlalcoyote, Palmer Agave, Palmer Century Plant, Palmer's Century Plant

Agave pampaniniana

Agave panamana

Agave papyriocarpa

Agave parryi Engelm. – Mezcal yapavai, Parry Agave, Parry's Agave

Agave parryi var. truncata

Agave parvidentata

Agave parviflora Torr. – Maguey sbari, Smallflower Agave, Smallflower Century Plant, Little Princess Agave

Agave parviflora subsp. flexiflora

Agave patonii

Agave paucifolia

Agave paupera

Agave pavoliniana

Agave peacockii

Agave pedrosana

Agave pedunculifera

Agave pelona – Bald Agave

Agave perplexans

Agave pes-mulae

Agave petiolata

Agave petrophila

Agave phillipsiana

Agave picta

Agave planera

Agave polianthiflora

Agave polianthoides

Agave portoricensis Trel. – Puerto Rico Century Plant

Agave potatorum – Drunkard Agave 

Agave potatorum at Kew Gardens, London, EnglandAgave potosina

Agave potrerana

Agave prainiana

Agave promontorii

Agave prostrata

Agave protuberans

Agave pruinosa

Agave pseudotequilana

Agave pugioniformis

Agave pulcherrima

Agave pulchra

Agave pumila

Agave punctata

Agave purpurea

Agave purpusorum

Agave pygmae

Agave quadrata

Agave quiotifera

Agave ragusae

Agave rasconensis

Agave regia

Agave revoluta

Agave rhodacantha

Agave rigida

Agave roezliana

Agave rudis

Agave rupicola

Agave rupicola var. brevifolia

Agave rupicola var. longifolia

Agave rupicola var. rubridentata

Agave rutteniae

Agave rzedowskiana

Agave salmdyckii

Agave salmiana – Pulque, Maguey, Maguey de montaρa (syn. Agave atrovirens)

Agave salmiana var. angustifolia

Agave salmiana var. cochlearis

Agave samalana

Agave sartorii

Agave scaphoidea

Agave scaposa

Agave scheuermaniana

Agave schildigera

Agave schneideriana

Agave schottii Engelm. – Maguey puercoesp n, Schott Agave, Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger, Leather Agave

Agave schottii var. serrulata

Agave scolymus

Agave scolymus var. polymorpha

Agave sebastiana

Agave seemanniana

Agave seemanniana var. perscabra

Agave serrulata

Agave sessiliflora

Agave shaferi

Agave shawii Engelm. – Coastal Agave, Maguey primavera

Agave shrevei

Agave shrevei ssp. magna

Agave shrevei ssp. matapensis

Agave sicaefolia

Agave simoni

Agave sisalana Perrine – Maguey de Sisal, Sisal, Sisal Hemp (syn. Furcraea sisaliana)

Agave sleviniana

Agave smithiana

Agave sobolifera

Agave sobolifera f. spinidentata

Agave sobria

Agave sobria ssp. frailensis

Agave sordida

Agave striata

Agave striata var. mesae

Agave stricta

Agave stringens

Agave subinermis

Agave subsimplex

Agave subtilis

Agave subzonata

Agave sullivani

Agave tecta

Agave tenuifolia

Agave tenuispina

Agave teopiscana

Agave tequilana A. Weber – Mezcal azul tequilero, Tequila Agave, Weber Blue Agave (gives tequila)

Agave terraccianoi

Agave theometel

Agave thomasae

Agave thomsoniana

Agave tigrina

Agave titanota

Agave todaroi

Agave toneliana

Agave tortispina

Agave toumeyana Trel. – Toumey Agave, Toumey's Century Plant

Agave toumeyana var. bella

Agave trankeera

Agave troubetskoyana

Agave tubulata

Agave tubulata ssp. brevituba

Agave underwoodii

Agave unguiculata

Agave utahensis Engelm. – Utah Agave

Agave utahensis var. discreta

Agave utahensis var. nevadensis – Clark Mountain agave

Agave van-grolae

Agave vandervinneni

Agave ventum-versa

Agave vernae

Agave verschaffeltii

Agave vestita

Agave vicina

Agave victoriae-reginae – Queen Victoria's Agave

Agave victoriae-reginae f. dentata

Agave victoriae-reginae f. latifolia

Agave victoriae-reginae f. longifolia

Agave victoriae-reginae f. longispina

Agave victoriae-reginae f. ornata

Agave victoriae-reginae f. stolonifera

Agave victoriae-reginae f. viridis

Agave victoriae-reginae ssp. swobodae

Agave vilmoriniana Berger – Octopus Agave

Agave viridissima

Agave vivipara

Agave vivipara var. cabaiensis

Agave vivipara var. cuebensis

Agave vizcainoensis

Agave wallisii

Agave warelliana

Agave washingtonensis

Agave watsoni

Agave weberi Cels ex Poisson – Maguey liso, Weber's Century Plant, Weber Agave

Agave weingartii

Agave wendtii

Agave wercklei

Agave wiesenbergensis

Agave wightii

Agave wildingii

Agave winteriana

Agave wislizeni 

Agave parrasana synonym Agave wislizeniAgave wocomahi

Agave woodrowi

Agave wrightii

Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck – Century Plant, Maguey diente de tiburn

Agave yaquiana

Agave yuccaefolia

Agave yuccifolia var. caespitosa

Agave zapupe

Agave zebra

Agave zonata

Agave zuccarinii