Agave americana subsp. americana

Agave americana subsp. americana

Taxonavigation

Taxonavigation: Asparagales
Classification System: APG IV Superregnum: Eukaryota Regnum: Plantae Cladus: Angiosperms Cladus: Monocots Ordo: Asparagales

Familia: Asparagaceae
Subfamilia: Agavoideae
Genus: Agave
Subgenus: A. subg. Agave
Sectio: A. sect. Agave
Species: Agave americana
Subspecies: Agave americana subsp. americana

Name

Agave americana L. subsp. americana, autonym

Synonyms

• Basionym
  • Agave sisalana Perrine, Congr. Doc. 564: 87 (1838).
• Heterotypic
  • Agave virginica Mill., Gard. Dict. ed. 8: n.º 2 (1768), nom. illeg.
  • Agave communis Gaterau, Descr. Pl. Montauban: 70 (1789).
  • Agave ramosa Moench, Methodus: 642 (1794), nom. illeg.
  • Agave theometel Zuccagni in J.J.Roemer, Collecteana: 138 (1806).
  • Agave theometel Zuccagni, Cent. Observ. Pl. 1: 26 (1806).
  • Agave milleri Haw., Syn. Pl. Succ.: 71 (1812).
  • Agave variegata Steud., Nomencl. Bot. 1: 18 (1821), nom. inval.
  • Agave americana var. variegata Hook., Bot. Mag. 65: t. 3654 (1838).
  • Agave picta Salm-Dyck, Bonplandia (Hannover) 7: 88 (1859).
  • Agave altissima Zumagl., Fl. Pedem. 2: 50 (1864).
  • Agave ornata Jacobi, Hamburger Garten- Blumenzeitung 21: 59 (1865).
  • Agave americana foliis-variegatis Rothsch., Pl. Feuill. Col., n.s., 2: 47 (1868), nom. inval.
  • Agave fuerstenbergii Jacobi, Nachtr. Ord. Agav. 2: 72 (1871).
  • Agave killischea Rafarin, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 46: 73 (1874).
  • Agave monstruosa Rafarin, Rev. Hort. (Paris) 46: 73 (1874).
  • Agave americana mediopicta Hovey, Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 16 (1882).
  • Agave americana striata Hovey, Nursery Cat. (Hovey & co.) 1882: 16 (1882).
  • Agave americana var. picta (Salm-Dyck) A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave (1885).
  • Agave americana var. theometel (Zuccagni) A.Terracc., Prim. Contr. Monogr. Agave: 41 (1885).
  • Agave americana f. picta (Salm-Dyck) Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1037 (1895).
  • Agave americana f. virginica Voss, Vilm. Blumengärtn. ed. 3, 1: 1037 (1895).
  • Agave salmiana var. gracilispina Rol.-Goss., Rev. Hort. (Paris) 68: 11 (1896).
  • Agave ingens A.Berger, Hortus Mortolensis: 12 (1912).
  • Agave complicata Trel. ex Ochot., Mem. Rev. Soc. Ci. Alzate Mexico 33: 100 (1913).
  • Agave americana var. marginata Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 (1914).
  • Agave americana var. mediopicta (Hovey) Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 (1914).
  • Agave americana var. striata (Hovey) Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 235 (1914).
  • Agave gracilispina (Rol.-Goss.) Engelm. ex Trel., Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 234 (1914).
  • Agave melliflua Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 234 (1914).
  • Agave zonata Trel. in L.H.Bailey, Stand. Cycl. Hort. 1: 234 (1914).
  • Agave felina Trel., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 128 (1920).
  • Agave rasconensis Trel., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 122 (1920).
  • Agave subtilis Trel., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 116 (1920).
  • Agave subzonata Trel., Contr. U.S. Natl. Herb. 23: 129 (1920).
  • Agave europaea Vis. ex Degen, Fl. Veleb. 1: 640 (1936).
  • Agave americana var. subtilis (Trel.) Valenz.-Zap. & Nabhan, Kaktus Klub 2004(1): 50 (2004).
  • Agave cordillerensis Lodé & Pino, Int. Cact. Advent. 77: 13 (2008).

Distribution

Native distribution areas:

Continental: Europe (all introduced) Regional: Southwestern Europe Baleares, Corse, France, Portugal, Sardegna, Spain. Regional: Southeastern Europe Albania, Greece, Italy, Kriti, Sicilia, Yugoslavia. Continental: Africa (all introduced) Regional: Northern Africa Algeria, Libya, Morocco, Tunisia. Regional: Macaronesia Azores, Canary Islands, Madeira. Regional: West Tropical Africa Guinea. Regional: West-Central Tropical Africa Rwanda. Regional: Northeast Tropical Africa Chad, Eritrea, Ethiopia. Regional: Southern Africa Botswana, Cape Provinces, Lesotho, KwaZulu-Natal, Free State, Swaziland. Regional: Middle Atlantic Ocean Ascension, St. Helena Continental: Asia-Temperate (all introduced) Regional: Western Asia East Aegean Islands, Palestine, Turkey. Regional: China China South-Central, China Southeast. Regional: Eastern Asia Korea, Nansei-shoto, Ogasawara-shoto. Continental: Asia-Tropical (all introduced) Regional: Indian Subcontinent Bangladesh, India, Pakistan, West Himalaya. Regional: Indo-China Cambodia, Myanmar, Thailand. Continental: Australasia (all introduced) Regional: Australia Norfolk Islands, New South Wales, Queensland. Regional: New Zealand New Zealand North, New Zealand South. Continental: Pacific (all introduced) Regional: Southwestern Pacific Fiji, Gilbert Islands, Nauru, New Caledonia. Regional: Northwestern Pacific Marianas. Continental: Northern America Regional: Southwestern U.S.A. Arizona. Regional: South-Central U.S.A. Texas. Regional: Mexico Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southeast (introduced), Mexico Southwest. Continental: Southern America (all introduced) Regional: Central America Costa Rica, Guatemala. Regional: Caribbean Bermuda, Cayman Islands, Cuba, Dominican Republic, Haiti, Leeward Islands, Puerto Rico, Trinidad-Tobago, Windward Islands. Regional: Western South America Bolivia, Colombia, Ecuador, Peru. Regional: Brazil Brazil Southeast. Regional: Southern South America Argentina Northeast, Juan Fernández Islands. Continental: Antarctic (all introduced) Regional: Subantarctic Islands Amsterdam-St. Paul Islands. References: Brummitt, R.K. 2001. TDWG – World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions, 2nd Edition

References

• Govaerts, R. et al. 2019. Agave americana subsp. americana in Kew Science Plants of the World Online. The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew. Published online. Accessed: 2019 Jan. 02. Reference page. 
• International Plant Names Index. 2019. Agave americana subsp. americana. Published online. Accessed: Jan. 02 2019.
• Tropicos.org 2019. Agave americana subsp. americana. Missouri Botanical Garden. Published online. Accessed: 02 Jan. 2019.

Vernacular names

català: Atzavara
English: Century plant
español: Agave amarillo
français: Agave américain
Gàidhlig: Àlas ceud bliadhna
magyar: Közönséges agávé
հայերեն: Ագավի ամերիկյան, պերճածաղիկ, զարմունի, շքուռ, հարյուրամյա հալվե
italiano: Agave
Nederlands: Honderdjarige aloë
Runa Simi: Paqpa