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Agave americana L. is an accepted name

This name is the accepted name of a species in the genus Agave (family Asparagaceae).

The record derives from WCSP (data supplied on 2012-03-23 ) which reports it as an accepted name (record 293578) with original publication details: Sp. Pl. 323 1753.

Full publication details for this name can be found in IPNI: http://ipni.org/urn:lsid:ipni.org:names:319063-2.

Synonyms:

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

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Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied
Agave altissima Zumagl.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave americana subsp. americana	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave americana var. americana	Synonym		TRO	2012-04-18
Agave americana var. marginata Trel.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave americana var. mediopicta Trel.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A.Terracc.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave americana f. picta (Salm-Dyck) Voss	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave americana var. striata Trel.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave americana var. subtilis (Trel.) Valenz.-Zap. & Nabhan	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave americana var. theometel (Zuccagni) A.Terracc.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave americana var. variegata Hook.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave americana f. virginica Voss	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave communis Gaterau	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave cordillerensis Lodé & Pino	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave felina Trel.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave fuerstenbergii Jacobi	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave gracilispina (Rol.-Goss.) Engelm. ex Trel.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave ingens A.Berger	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave melliflua Trel.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave milleri Haw.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave ornata Jacobi	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave picta Salm-Dyck	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave ramosa Moench [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave rasconensis Trel.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave salmiana var. gracilispina Rol.-Goss.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave spectabilis Salisb. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave subtilis Trel.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave subzonata Trel.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave theometel Zuccagni	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave variegata Steud. [Invalid]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave virginica Mill. [Illegitimate]	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Agave zonata Trel.	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-23
Aloe americana (L.) Crantz	Synonym		WCSP	2012-03-26

Infraspecific taxa:

This species contains the following infraspecific taxa*.

See "Status", "Confidence level", "Source" for definitions.

Name	Status	Confi­dence level	Source	Date supplied	Synonyms
Agave americana var. expansa (Jacobi) Gentry	Accepted		WCSP	2012-03-23	2

The Plant List does not attempt to include all infraspecific taxa.

Earlier versions

This name was in version 1 of The Plant List, record kew-293578.

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