Scientific or common name:

Agave virginica L.

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AGAVACEAE - Century-plant family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)

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Taxon Page:

Name: Agave virginica L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl. 1: 323. 1753 [1 May 1753]
Rank: species
See: ► Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose

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Common names

U.S. name: False aloe

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Grown habit: Subshrub, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
 

Synonyms:
= Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose
= Agave lata Shinners
= Agave tigrina (Engelm.) Cory
= Allibertia intermedia Marion
= Manfreda tigrina (Engelm.) Small
= Manfreda virginica (L.) Salisb. ex Rose var. tigrina (Engelm.) Rose
= Polianthes lata (Shinners) Shinners
= Polianthes virginica (L.) Shinners

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TAXONOMY

Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: Tracheobionta
Superdivision: Spermatophyta
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: Liliidae
Order: Liliales
Family: Agavaceae
Genus: Agave
Species:

1) Agave virginica L.

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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AL, AR, FL, GA, IL, IN, KY, LA, MD, MO, MS, NC, OH, OK, SC, TN, TX, VA, WV)


Map for Agave virginica L.
(*) USDA, NRCS. 2009. The PLANTS Database (http://plants.usda.gov, 28 August 2009). National Plant Data Center, Baton Rouge, LA 70874-4490 USA

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Kingdoms
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1) Fungi 2) Plantae

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Divisions
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1) Anthocerotophyta (Hornworts) 2) Bryophyta (Mosses) 3) Chlorophyta (Green algae) 4) Coniferophyta (Conifers) 5) Cycadophyta (Cycads) 6) Equisetophyta (Horsetails) 7) Ginkgophyta (Ginkgo) 8) Gnetophyta (Gnetophytes) 9) Hepaticophyta (Liverworts) 10) Lycopodiophyta (Lycopods) 11) Magnoliophyta (Flowering plants) 12) Psilophyta (Whisk-ferns) 13) Pteridophyta (Ferns)

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Classes
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1) Liliopsida (Monocotyledons) 2) Magnoliopsida (Dicotyledons)

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Families
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1) Acoraceae (Calamus family) 2) Agavaceae (Century-plant family) 3) Alismataceae (Water-plantain family) 4) Aloaceae (Aloe family) 5) Amaryllidaceae (Amaryllis family.) 6) Aponogetonaceae (Cape-pondweed family) 7) Araceae (Arum family) 8) Arecaceae (Palm family) 9) Asparagaceae (Asparagus family) 10) Asphodelaceae (Asphodel family) 11) Bromeliaceae (Bromeliad family) 12) Burmanniaceae (Burmannia family) 13) Butomaceae (Flowering Rush family) 14) Cannaceae (Canna family) 15) Colchicaceae 16) Commelinaceae (Spiderwort family) 17) Costaceae (Costus family) 18) Cyclanthaceae (Panama Hat family) 19) Cymodoceaceae (Manatee-grass family) 20) Cyperaceae (Sedge family) 21) Dioscoreaceae (Yam family) 22) Eriocaulaceae (Pipewort family) 23) Flagellariaceae (Flagellaria family) 24) Haemodoraceae (Bloodwort family) 25) Hanguanaceae (Hanguana family) 26) Heliconiaceae (Heliconia family) 27) Hydrocharitaceae (Tape-grass family) 28) Iridaceae (Iris family) 29) Joinvilleaceae (Joinvillea family) 30) Juncaceae (Rush family) 31) Juncaginaceae (Arrow-grass family) 32) Lemnaceae (Duckweed family) 33) Liliaceae (Lily family) 34) Limnocharitaceae (Water-poppy family) 35) Marantaceae (Prayer-Plant family) 36) Mayacaceae (Mayaca family) 37) Melanthiaceae (Bunchflower family) 38) Musaceae (Banana family) 39) Najadaceae (Water-nymph family) 40) Orchidaceae (Orchid family) 41) Pandanaceae (Screw-pine family) 42) Philydraceae (Philydraceae family) 43) Poaceae (Grass family) 44) Pontederiaceae (Water-Hyacinth family) 45) Posidoniaceae (Posidonia family) 46) Potamogetonaceae (Pondweed family) 47) Ruppiaceae (Ditch-grass family) 48) Scheuchzeriaceae (Scheuchzeria family) 49) Smilacaceae (Catbrier family) 50) Stemonaceae (Stemona family) 51) Strelitziaceae (Bird of Paradise Flower fam) 52) Taccaceae (Tacca family) 53) Tofieldiaceae (Tofieldia family) 54) Triuridaceae (Triurus family) 55) Typhaceae (Cat-tail family) 56) Xyridaceae (Yellow-eyed Grass family) 57) Zingiberaceae (Ginger family) 58) Zosteraceae (Eel-grass family)

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Genera (Agavaceae)
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1) Allibertia (tuberose) 2) Clistoyucca (yucca) 3) Cordyline (sansevieria) 4) Dracaena 5) Furcraea 6) Hesperaloe (false yucca) 7) Hesperoyucca 8) Manfreda (tuberose) 9) Phormium 10) Polianthes 11) Runyonia (tuberose) 12) Samuela (yucca) 13) Sansevieria

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Common names (Agave)
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1) (no name)

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More species:
1) Agave weberi Cels ex Poisson [392]
2) Agave x ajoensis W.C. Hodgson [475]
3) Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck [347]
4) Ageratina altissima (L.) King & H. Rob. [350]
5) Ageratina altissima (L.) King & H. Rob. var. angustata (A. Gray) Clewell & Woot. [294]
6) Ageratina aromatica (L.) Spach var. aromatica [409]
7) Ageratina lemmonii (B.L. Rob.) King & H. Rob. [302]
8) Ageratum altissimum L., non Eupatorium altissimum L. [302]
9) Agoseris alpestris (A. Gray) Greene [213]
10) Agoseris glauca (Pursh) Raf. ssp. scorzonerifolia (Schrad.) Piper [166]

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