List of Agave species

, 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. franzosinii
 * 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 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
 * 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 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