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Index of Botanical Specimens

Name	Agave Linnaeus
Authorship	Linnaeus
Rank	Genus
NomenclaturalStatus	NomLeg
Placed in	Agavaceae
Contains	Agave abisaii A.Vázquez & Nieves Agave aboriginum Trel. Agave abrupta Trel. Agave acicularis Trel. Agave acklinicola Trel. Agave acuispina Trel. Agave affinis Trel. Agave ajoensis W.C.Hodgs. Agave aktites Gentry Agave albescens Trel. Agave albicans Jacobi Agave alboaustralis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede Agave albomarginata Gentry Agave albopilosa I.Cabral, Villarreal & A.E.Estrada Agave alibertii Baker Agave aloina K.Koch Agave altissima Zumagl. Agave amaniensis Trel. & Nowell Agave americana Linnaeus Agave amica (Medik.) Thiede & Govaerts Agave amoena Lem. ex Jacobi Agave amurensis Jacobi Agave ananassoides De Jonghe & Jacobi Agave andreae Sahagún & A.Vázquez Agave angustiarum Trel. Agave angustifolia Haworth Agave angustissima Engelm. Agave anomala Trel. Agave antillarum Descourt. Agave apedicellata Thiede & Eggli Agave applanata K.Koch Agave arcedianoensis Cházaro, O.M.Valencia & A.Vázquez Agave argyrophylla K.Koch Agave arizonica Gentry & J.H.Weber Agave arubensis Hummelinck Agave aspera A.Terracc. Agave asperrima Jacobi Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck Agave aurea Brandegee Agave auricantha Baker Agave australis (Haw.) Steud. Agave avellanidens Trel. Agave azurea R.H.Webb & G.D.Starr Agave bahamana Trelease Agave barbadensis Trel. Agave beaucarnei Lem. Agave beauleriana Jacobi Agave beaulueriana Jacobi Agave bergeri Trel. ex A.Berger Agave besseriana De Smet ex Jacobi Agave bicolor (E.Solano & García-Mend.) Thiede & Eggli Agave blissii (Worsley) Thiede & Eggli Agave boldinghiana Trel. Agave bollii A.Terracc. Agave bonnetiana Peacock ex Baker Agave botterii Baker Agave bouchei Jacobi Agave bourgaei Trel. Agave bovicornuta Gentry Agave braceana Trelease Agave brachystachys Cav. Agave bracteosa S.Watson ex Engelm. Agave brandegeei Trel. Agave brauniana Jacobi Agave breedlovei Gentry Agave brevipetala Trelease Agave breviscapa A.Berger ex Roster Agave brevispina Trelease Agave brittoniana Trel. Agave bromeliifolia Salm-Dyck Agave brunnea S. Watson Agave bulbifera Salm-Dyck Agave bulbosa K.Koch Agave bulbulifera (Castillejos & E.Solano) Thiede Agave bulliana (Baker) Thiede & Eggli Agave cacozela Trelease Agave caeciliana A.Berger Agave caerulescens Salm-Dyck Agave caespitosa Tod. Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez Agave calciphila G.D.Starr Agave californica Jacobi Agave calodonta A.Berger Agave campanulata Sessé & Moc. Agave canartiana Jacobi Agave candelabrum Tod. Agave cantala (Haworth) Salm-Dyck Agave cantula Roxb. Agave capensis Gentry Agave caratas Besaucèle Agave carchariodonta Pamp. Agave caribaea Baker Agave caribaeicola Trel. Agave caribiicola Trelease Agave carminis Trel. Agave caroli-schmidtii A.Berger Agave caymanensis Proctor Agave celsiana Jacobi Agave celsii Hook. Agave cernua A.Berger Agave cerulata Trel. Agave chamelensis (E.J.Lott & Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli Agave chazaroi A.Vázquez & O.M.Valencia Agave chiapensis Jacobi Agave chihuahuana Trel. Agave chinensis F.P.Sm. Agave chisosensis C.H.Mull. Agave chloracantha Salm-Dyck Agave chrysantha Peebles Agave chrysoglossa I. M. Johnston Agave cinerascens Jacobi Agave coarctata Jacobi Agave coccinea Roezl ex K.Koch Agave cochlearis Jacobi Agave cocui Trel. Agave coerulescens W.Bull ex J.Dix Agave coetocapnia (M.Roem.) Govaerts & Thiede Agave cohniana Jacobi Agave colimana Gentry Agave collina Greenman Agave colorata Gentry Agave commelyni Salm-Dyck Agave communis Gaterau Agave compacta Trel. Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot. Agave compluviata Trel. Agave concinna Baker Agave conduplicata Jacobi & C.D.Bouché Agave confertiflora Thiede & Eggli Agave congesta Gentry Agave conjuncta A.Berger Agave connochaetodon Trel. Agave consideranti Carrière Agave consociata Trel. Agave convallis Trel. Agave corderoyi Verschaff. ex Baker Agave cordillerensis Lodé & Pino Agave costaricana Gentry Agave couesii Engelm. ex Trel. Agave crassispina Trel. Agave cremnophila G.D.Starr, Etter & Kristen Agave crenata Jacobi Agave cryptica G.D.Starr & T.J.Davis Agave cubensis Jacq. Agave cundinamarcensis A.Berger Agave cupreata Trelease & A. Berger Agave cuspidata Baker Agave cyanophylla Jacobi Agave dasyliriodes Jacobi & C.D.Bouche Agave dasylirioides Jacobi & C.D.Bouché Agave datylio F.A.C.Weber Agave dealbata É.Morren ex K.Koch Agave debaryana Jacobi Agave debilis A. Berger Agave decipiens Baker Agave deflexispina Jacobi Agave delamateri W.C.Hodgs. & Slauson Agave demeesteriana Jacobi Agave densispina J.F.Cels Agave dentata Baker Agave dentiens Trel. Agave deserti Engelmann Agave deweyana Trel. Agave difformis A.Berger Agave disceptata J.R.Drumm. Agave disjuncta Trel. Agave dissimulans Trel. Agave doctorensis L.Hern. & Magallán Agave dolichantha Thiede & Eggli Agave donnell-smithii Trel. Agave drimiifolia Baker Agave duplicata (Lexarza) Thiede & Eggli Agave durangensis Gentry Agave dussiana Trel. Agave dyckii H.Jacobsen Agave eborispina Hester Agave echinoides Jacobi Agave eduardi Trelease Agave eduardii Trel. ex Standl. Agave eggersiana Trel. Agave ehrenbergiana Baker Agave ehrenbergii Jacobi Agave eichlamii A.Berger Agave ekmanii Trel. Agave elegans Salm-Dyck Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi Agave elongata Jacobi Agave endlichiana Trel. Agave engelmannii Trel. Agave ensifera Jacobi Agave ensiformis Baker Agave europaea Vis. ex Degen Agave evadens Trel. Agave excelsa Jacobi Agave expansa Jacobi Agave expatriata Rose Agave exselsa Baker Agave falcata Engelmann Agave felgeri Gentry Agave felina Trel. Agave fenzliana Jacobi Agave ferdinand-cortezii K.Koch Agave ferdinandi-regis A.Berger Agave ferox K.Koch Agave filamentosa Salm-Dyck Agave filifera Salm-Dyck Agave flaccifolia A.Berger Agave flavescens Salm-Dyck Agave flavovirens Jacobi Agave flexispina Trelease Agave foetida L. Agave fortiflora Gentry Agave fourcroydes Lem. Agave franceschiana Trel. ex A.Berger Agave franzosini Baker Agave fuerstenbergii Jacobi Agave funifera (K.Koch) Lem. Agave funkiana K.Koch & C.D.Bouché Agave fusca (Ravenna) Thiede & Eggli Agave galvaniae (A.Castañeda, S.Franco & García-Mend.) Etter & Kristen Agave garciae-mendozae Galván & L.Hern. Agave garciaruizii A.Vázquez, Hern.-Vera & Padilla-Lepe Agave geminiflora (Tagl.) Ker Gawl. Agave gentryi B.Ullrich Agave ghiesbrechtii K.Koch Agave ghiesbreghtii Verschaff. Agave gigantea L. Agave gigantensis Gentry Agave gilbertii A.Berger Agave gilbeyi F.Haage & E.Schmidt Agave glaucescens Hook. Agave glomeruliflora (Engelm.) A.Berger Agave goeppertiana Jacobi Agave goldmaniana Trel. Agave gomezpompae Cházaro & Jimeno-Sevilla Agave gracielae Galvan & Zamudio Agave gracilipes Trel. Agave gracilispina (Rol.-Goss.) Engelm. ex Trel. Agave gracillima A.Berger Agave graminifolia (Rose) Govaerts & Thiede Agave grandidentata Jacobi Agave grenadina Trel. Agave grijalvensis B.Ullrich Agave grisea Trel. Agave guadalajarana Trel. Agave guadarramae N.C.Jiménez & García-Mend. Agave guatemalensis A.Berger Agave guccifolia Mannetti Agave guemensis D.Guillot & P.Van der Meer Agave guerrerensis (Matuda) G.D.Rowley Agave guiengola Gentry Agave gustaviana F.Haage & E.Schmidt Agave guttata Jacobi & C. D. Bouché Agave gypsophila Gentry Agave hanburyi Baker Agave harrisii Trel. Agave hartmanii S. Watson Agave haseloffii Jacobi Agave hauchucensis Baker Agave hauniensis J.B.Petersen Agave havardiana Trel. Agave haworthiana M.Roem. Agave haynaldii Tod. Agave heteracantha Zuccarini Agave hexapetala Jacq. Agave hiemiflora Gentry Agave hookeri Jacobi Agave horrida Lem. ex Jacobi Agave houghii Trel. Agave houlletii Jacobi Agave howardii (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli Agave huachucensis Baker Agave huehueteca Standl. & Steyerm. Agave humilis M.Roem. Agave hurteri Trel. Agave hybr Agave hybrida J.Verschaff. Agave hystrix (Pasq.) Baker Agave impressa Gentry Agave inaequidens K.Koch Agave inaguensis Trelease Agave indagatorum Trel. Agave infiernilloensis Etter, Kristen, Rosales & A.Vázquez Agave ingens A.Berger Agave inopinabilis Trel. Agave integrifolia Baker Agave intermixta Trelease Agave intrepida Greenman Agave involuta (McVaugh) Thiede & Eggli Agave isthmensis A.García-Mend. & F.Palma Agave ixtli Karw. ex Salm-Dyck Agave ixtlioides Hook.f. Agave jacobiana Salm-Dyck Agave jacquiniana Schult. & Schult.f. Agave jaiboli Gentry Agave jaliscana (Rose) A. Berger Agave jarucoensis A.Álvarez Agave jimenoi Cházaro & A.Vázquez Agave justosierrana (García-Mend.) Thiede Agave kaibabensis McKelvey Agave karatto Mill. Agave karwinskii Zucc. Agave katharinae A.Berger Agave kavandivi García-Mend. & C.Chávez Agave kellockii Jacobi Agave keratto Steud. Agave kerchovei Lem. Agave kerrato Salm-Dyck Agave kewensis Jacobi Agave killischea Rafarin Agave kirchneriana A. Berger Agave kochii Jacobi Agave kristenii A.Vázquez & Cházaro Agave lagunae Trel. Agave lamprochlora Jacobi Agave langlassei André Agave lata Shinners Agave latifolia Karw. ex Salm-Dyck Agave latissima Jacobi Agave laurentiana Jacobi Agave laxa Salm-Dyck Agave laxifolia Baker Agave lecheguilla Torr. Agave lechuguilla Torrey Agave legrelliana Jacobi Agave leguayana J.Verschaff. Agave lehmannii Jacobi Agave leopoldii W.Watson Agave lepida D.Dietr. Agave lespinassei Trel. Agave letonae F.W.Taylor ex Trel. Agave lexii García-Mor., J.García-Jim. & Iamonico Agave linearis Jacobi Agave Littaea (Tagliabue) Baker Agave littoralis (García-Mend., A.Castañeda & S.Franco) Thiede & Eggli Agave longibracteata (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli Agave longiflora (Rose) G.D.Rowley Agave longipes Trel. Agave lophantha Schiede Agave macracantha Zucc. Agave macrantha Tod. Agave macroacantha Zucc. Agave macroculmis Tod. Agave maculata Regel Agave maculosa Hooker Agave madagascariensis (Haw.) Salm-Dyck Agave madrensis Villarreal, Ram.-Gam. & A.E.Estrada Agave magni Desf. Agave maigretiana Jacobi Agave manantlanicola Cuevas & Santana-Michel Agave manguai Desf. Agave mapisaga Trel. Agave margaritae Brandegee Agave maria-patriciae Cházaro & Arzaba Agave maritima Steud. Agave marmorata Roezl Agave martiana K.Koch Agave massiliensis Trel. Agave maximiliana Baker Agave maximilianea P.Blázquez & I.Blázquez Agave mayoensis Gentry Agave mckelveyana Gentry Agave medioxima Trel. Agave megalacantha Hemsl. Agave melanacantha Lem. ex Jacobi Agave melliflua Trel. Agave mescal K.Koch Agave mexicana Lam. Agave michoacana (M.Cedano, Delgad. & Enciso) Thiede & Eggli Agave micracantha Salm-Dyck Agave microceps (Kimnach) A.Vázquez & Cházaro Agave milleri Haw. Agave Millspaughii Trelease Agave minor Proctor Agave mirabilis Trel. Agave miradorensis Jacobi Agave missionum Trel. Agave mitis Mart. Agave mitriformis Jacobi Agave monstruosa Rafarin Agave montana Villarreal Agave montezumae K.Koch Agave montium-sancticaroli García-Mend. Agave montserratensis Trel. Agave moranii Gentry Agave morrisii Baker Agave muilmannii Jacobi Agave mulfordiana Trel. Agave multicolor (E.Solano & Dávila) Thiede Agave multifilifera Gentry Agave multilineata Baker Agave murpheyi Gibson Agave muxii Zamudio & G.Aguilar-Gut. Agave nanchititlensis (Matuda) Agave nashii Trelease Agave nayaritensis Gentry Agave neglecta Small Agave nelsonii Trel. Agave neocernua Thiede Agave neomexicana Wooton & Standl. Agave neonelsonii Thiede & Eggli Agave neopringlei Thiede & Eggli Agave nevadensis (Engelm. ex Greenm. & Roush) Hester Agave nevidis Trel. Agave newberyi Engelm. Agave nickelsiae Rol.-Goss. Agave nickelsii Rol.-Goss. Agave nigrescens Trel. Agave nivea Trel. Agave nizandensis Cutak Agave noackii Jacobi Agave noacksii K.Koch Agave noah A.B.Nickels Agave noli-tangere A.Berger Agave nuusaviorum García-Mend. Agave oaxacana (García-Mend. & E.Solano) Thiede Agave obducta Trel. Agave oblongata K.Koch Agave obscura Schiede ex Schltdl. Agave ocahui Gentry Agave occidentalis (Art.Castro & Aarón Rodr.) Thiede & Gideon F.Sm. Agave odorata Pers. Agave offoyana De Smet ex Jacobi Agave oligophylla Baker Agave oliveriana (Rose) A.Berger Agave opacidens Trel. Agave orcuttiana Trel. Agave origiesiana (Roezl) Trel. Agave ornata Jacobi Agave ornithobroma Gentry Agave oroensis Gentry Agave ortgiesiana (Baker) Trel. Agave oteroi G.D.Starr & T.J.Davis Agave ottonis Jacobi Agave ousselghemiana Jacobi Agave ovatifolia G.D.Starr & Villarreal Agave owenii I. M. Johnston Agave pablocarrilloi A.Vázquez, Muñiz-Castro & Padilla-Lepe Agave pachyacantha Trel. Agave pachyacntha Trel. Agave pachycentra Trel. Agave pacifica Trel. Agave pallida Salisb. Agave palmaris Trel. Agave palmeri Engelm. Agave palmeris Trel. Agave palustris (Rose) Thiede & Eggli Agave panamana Trel. Agave paniculata (L.Hern., R.A.Orellana & Carnevali) Thiede Agave papyriocarpa Agave papyrocarpa Trel. Agave parrasana A.Berger Agave parryi Engelmann Agave parva (Aarón Rodr.) Thiede Agave parvidentata Trel. Agave parviflora Torrey Agave patonii Trel. Agave paucifolia Tod. Agave pax Gir.-Cañas Agave peacockii Croucher Agave pedrosana Trel. Agave pedunculifera Trelease Agave pelona Gentry Agave pendula Schnittsp. Agave perbella Baker Agave perlucida Jacobi Agave perplexans Trel. Agave pes-mulae Trel. Agave petiolata Trel. Agave petrophila A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez Agave petskinil (R.A.Orellana, L.Hern. & Carnevali) Thiede Agave phillipsiana W.C.Hodgs. Agave picta Salm-Dyck Agave pintilla S.González, M.González & L.Reséndiz Agave planifolia S. Watson Agave platyphylla (Rose) Thiede & Eggli Agave polianthes Thiede & Eggli Agave polianthiflora Gentry Agave polianthoides M.Roem. Agave polyacantha Haw. Agave polyanthoides Schltdl. & Cham. Agave polyphylla K.Koch Agave portoricensis Trel. Agave poselgeri Salm-Dyck Agave potatorum Zucc. Agave potosina B. L. Robinson & Greenman Agave potrerana Trel. Agave potreriana Trel. Agave prainiana A.Berger Agave pratensis A.Berger Agave pringlei Engelmann ex Baker Agave producta Thiede & Eggli Agave prolifera Schott ex Standl. Agave promontorii Trel. Agave protuberans Engelmann ex Baker Agave pruinosa Lem. ex Jacobi Agave pseudofilifera H.Ross & Lanza Agave pseudotequilana Trel. Agave pubescens Regel & Ortgies Agave pugioniformis Zucc. Agave pulcherrima K.Koch Agave pulchra Salm-Dyck Agave pumila De Smet ex Baker Agave punctata Kunth Agave purpusiorum A.Berger Agave purpusorum Berger Agave pygmaea Gentry Agave quadrata Lem. Agave quilae (Art.Castro & Aarón Rodr.) Thiede & Govaerts Agave quiotifera Trel. ex Ochot. Agave ragusae A.Terracc. Agave ramosa Moench Agave rasconensis Trel. Agave recurva Zucc. Agave reginae Jahand. Agave revoluta Klotzsch Agave rhodacantha Trel. Agave richardsiae Baker Agave richardsii Baker Agave rigida Miller Agave rigidissima Jacobi Agave roezliana Barker Agave rohanii Jacobi Agave romanii De Smet ex Corderoy Agave rosalesii A.Vázquez, Thiede, Etter & Kristen Agave roseana Trel. Agave rosei Thiede & Eggli Agave roseopictus VanGeert Agave rossellonensis D.Guillot & P.Van der Meer Agave rovelliana Tod. Agave rubescens Salm-Dyck Agave rubrocincta Jacobi Agave rudis Lem. ex Jacobi Agave rufocincta Jacobi Agave rumphii Hassk. Agave rupicola Regel Agave rutteniae Hummelinck Agave ruttenii Hummelinck Agave rzedowskiana P.Carrillo, Vega & R.Delgad. Agave salm-dyckii Baker Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck Agave samalana Trel. Agave sanpedroensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon Agave santana-michelii (Art.Castro, Aarón Rodr. & P.Carrillo) Thiede & Gideon F.Sm. Agave saponaria Lindl. Agave sartorii K.Koch Agave saundersiae Hook.f. Agave saundersii Hook.f. Agave scaberrima Baker Agave scabra Ortega Agave scaphoidea Greenm. & Ronst. Agave scaposa Gentry Agave scheuermaniana Trel. Agave schidigera Lemaire Agave schildigera Lem. Agave schlechtendahlii Jacobi Agave schlechtendalii Jacobi Agave schneideriana A.Berger Agave schnittspahnii Jacobi Agave schottii Engelmann Agave sebastiana Greene Agave seemanniana Jacobi Agave segurae D.Guillot & P.Van der Meer Agave serrulata Karw. Agave sessiliflora Hemsley Agave shaferi Trel. Agave shawii Engelmann Agave shrevei Gentry Agave sicifolia Trel. Agave sileri (Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli Agave simplex (Gentry) Salywon & W.C.Hodgs. Agave singuliflora (S. Watson) A. Berger Agave sisalana Perrine ex Engelmann Agave sleviniana I.M.Johnst. Agave slevinii I.M.Johnst. Agave sobolifera Houtt. Agave sobria Brandegee Agave sonorae (Torr.) Mearns Agave sp. Agave spec Linnaeus Agave spicata Cav. Agave spinosa (O.Targ.Tozz.) Steud. Agave splendens Jacobi Agave stenophylla Jacobi Agave stictata Thiede & Eggli Agave striata Zuccarini Agave stricta Salm-Dyck Agave stringens Trel. Agave subfalcata Jacobi Agave subsimplex Trel. Agave subtilis Trel. Agave subzonata Trel. Agave sudburyensis Baker Agave sullivanii Trel. Agave sylvesteriana Gir.-Cañas Agave taylori Besaucèle Agave taylorii B.S.Williams Agave tecta Trel. Agave tehuacanensis Karw. ex Salm-Dyck Agave temacapulinensis A.Vázquez & Cházaro Agave tenuifolia Zamudio & E.Sánchez Agave tenuispina Trel. Agave teopiscana Matuda Agave tequilana F.A.C.Weber Agave terraccianoi Pax Agave theometel Zuccagni Agave theoxmuliana Karw. ex M.Roem. Agave thomasae Trel. Agave thomasiae Trel. Agave tigrina (Engelmann) Cory Agave titanota Gentry Agave todaroi Baker Agave toneliana K.Koch Agave tortispina Trel. Agave toumeyana Trel. Agave trankeera Trel. Agave treleasei Toumey Agave triangularis Jacobi Agave tubulata Trel. Agave turneri R.H.Webb & Salazar-Ceseña Agave umbrophila (García-Mend.) Thiede Agave uncinata Jacobi Agave underwoodii Trel. Agave undulata Klotzsch Agave unguiculata Trel. Agave univittata Haw. ex Salm-Dyck Agave utahensis Engelmann Agave valenciana Cházaro & A.Vázquez Agave van-grolae Trel. Agave vanderdonckii Baker Agave vangroliae Trel. Agave variegata Jacobi Agave vazquezgarciae Cházaro & J.A.Lomelí Agave ventum-versa Trel. Agave venustuliflora (E.Solano, García-Mend. & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede & Gideon F.Sm. Agave vera-crucis Haw. Agave vera-cruz Mill. Agave verdensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon Agave verhoekiae (García-Mend.) Thiede Agave vernae A.Berger Agave verschaffeltii Lem. ex Jacobi Agave vestita S. Watson Agave vexans Trel. Agave vicina Trel. Agave victoriae-reginae T.Moore Agave vilmoriniana Berger Agave virginica Linnaeus Agave vittata Regel Agave vivipara L. Agave vizcainoensis Gentry Agave wallisii Jacobi Agave warelliana De Smet ex T.Moore & Mast. Agave weberi J.F.Cels ex J.Poiss. Agave weingartii A.Berger Agave weissenburgensis Wittm. ex Baker Agave wercklei F.A.C.Weber ex Wercklé Agave whitackeri H.Jacobsen Agave wightii J.R.Drumm. & Prain Agave wildingii Tod. Agave wislizeni Engelm. Agave wocomahi Gentry Agave wrightii J.R.Drumm. Agave xalapensis Roezl ex Jacobi Agave xylacantha Anon. Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck Agave yaquiana Trel. Agave yavapaiensis W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon Agave yuccifolia de Candolle ex Redouté Agave yxtli Karw. ex G.Don Agave zapopanensis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede Agave zapupe Trel. Agave zebra Gentry Agave zonata Trel.
Remarks	Lectotype (vide Britton & P. Wilson, Sci. Surv. Porto Rico 5: 156. 1923): A. americana L.
Citation	1753 Sp. Pl. 1: 323