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Agave
L. (1753)
- agave
(plant)
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Entity:
Agaveae (Tribe)
..Beschorneria (Genus)
..Furcraea (Genus)
..Manfreda (Genus)
..Polianthes (Genus)
..Prochnyanthes (Genus)
..Pseudobravoa (Genus)
..Agave (Genus) - agave
....Agave americana (Species) - American agave
....Agave atrovirens (Species) - maguey
....Agave attenuata (Species)
....Agave cantala (Species) - cantala
....Agave cupreata (Species)
....Agave echinoïdes (Species)
....Agave filifera (Species)
....Agave fourcroydes (Species) - henequen
....Agave heteracantha (Species)
....Agave lecheguilla (Species)
....Agave lechuguilla (Species) - lecheguilla
....Agave letona (Species)
....Agave lopantha (Species)
....Agave parryi (Species) - Parry agave
....Agave parviflora (Species) - smallflower agave
....Agave potatorum (Species)
....Agave saundersii (Species)
....Agave sisalina (Species)
....Agave stricta (Species)
....Agave tequilana (Species) - tequila agave
....Agave utahensis (Species) - Utah agave
....Agave victoriae-reginae (Species)
Authorship
SN2000 author citation
:
C. Linnaeus, 1753
Original name
:
Linnaeus, C. 1753a.
Sp. Pl.
1
: 323.
Original rank
:
Original spelling
:
Types
Type of
:
Agavaceae
(Family)
Dumort. (1829), nom. cons.
Ref:
W. Greuter et al. (eds.), 1994
: App. IIB (p. 99).
Type of
:
Agaveae
(Tribe)
Dumort. (1829)
Type, by subsequent designation
:
Agave americana
L.
Ref:
Britton, N.L. & Wilson, P. 1923. Scient. Surv. Porto Rico 5: 156. [10 Aug 1923].
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Variants
Not validly published name
:
Agave
(Genus)
L. (1748), nom. inval.
Different spelling
:
Agava
(Genus)
Synonyms
Including
:
Bravoa
(Genus)
Lexarza, in La Llave & Lexarza (1824)
Ref:
D.J. Mabberley, 2008
: 120.
Vernacular Names (English)
Full name
:
agave
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