Agave americana L.
ASPARAGACEAE
- Asparagus family (Angiosperms - Flowering plants)
Taxon Page:
Name: Agave americana L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 323 (1753)
Rank: species
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Common names
U.S.
name:
American century plant
English name: American agave English name: American-aloe
Spanish name: pita común
French name: pite
Italian name: Agave americana
German name: hundert-jährige Agave
Grown habit: Subshrub, Shrub, Forb/herb
Duration: Perennial
Synonyms:
Subspecies / Varieties:
1) Agave americana L. ssp. americana
2) Agave americana L. ssp. americana var. americana
3) Agave americana L. ssp. americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry
4) Agave americana L. ssp. protamericana Gentry
5) Agave americana L. var. marginata Trel.
6) Agave americana L. var. mediopicta Trel.
7) Agave americana L. var. striata Trel.
TAXONOMY
Kingdom: Plantae
Subkingdom: -
Superdivision: -
Division: Magnoliophyta
Class: Liliopsida
Subclass: -
Order: Asparagales
Family: Asparagaceae
Genus: Agave
Species:
Page counter: 1284 ( AVG: 221.21 / 219.911 )
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Agave americana
Agave americana
Variegated leaves at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave americana
Habit at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Athens, southern slope of Acropolis, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Attica, Greece, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Meise, Nationale Plantentuin van België, Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Brabant, Belgique/België, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Athens, southern slope of Acropolis, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Attica, Greece, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Meise, Nationale Plantentuin van België, Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Brabant, Belgique/België, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
Habit at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Meise, Nationale Plantentuin van België, Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Brabant, Belgique/België, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
Habit at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Isola d'Ischia, lungo il sentiero a monte di Serrara Fontana., NA, Campania, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Stresa, Giardino Botanico dell'Isola Madre, VB, Piemonte, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
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Agave americana
Agave americana
Credit: Photo by Pancrazio Campagna
Agave americana
Habit at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave americana
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Agave americana
Variegated leaves at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave americana
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Athens, southern slope of Acropolis, Odeon of Herodes Atticus, Attica, Greece, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Meise, Nationale Plantentuin van België, Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Brabant, Belgique/België, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Meise, Nationale Plantentuin van België, Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Brabant, Belgique/België, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Barcellona, Parc Güell, Catalogna, Spagna, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
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Agave americana
Agave americana
Habit at Kula, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Comune di Forio, Fondazione William Walton e La Mortella, NA, Campania, Italia, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
Agave americana
Variegated leaves at Makawao, Maui - Credit: Forest and Kim Starr - Plants of Hawaii - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 3.0 License, permitting sharing and adaptation with attribution.
Agave americana
Dipartimento di Scienze della Vita, Università di Trieste - Progetto Dryades - Picture by Andrea Moro - Meise, Nationale Plantentuin van België, Jardin Botanique National de Belgique, Brabant, Belgique/België, - Image licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution Non Commercial Share-Alike 3.0 License
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Distribution in USA and Canada (*)
USA (AZ, CA, FL, HI, LA, TX), USA+ (VI)
Map for Agave americana 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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More species:
1) Agave americana L. ssp. americana [509]
2) Agave americana L. ssp. protamericana Gentry [238]
3) Agave americana L. var. marginata Trel. [471]
4) Agave angustifolia Haw. [527]
5) Agave asperrima Jacobi [265]
6) Agave chisosensis C.H. Mull. [170]
7) Agave decipiens Baker [244]
8) Agave eggersiana Trel. [223]
9) Agave lophantha Schiede [212]
10) Agave parryi Engelm. [594]
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