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century plants
Agave
Agave (US: /əˈɡɑːvi/, UK: /əˈɡeɪvi/, /əˈɡɑːvi/, Anglo-Hispanic: /əˈɡɑːveɪ/) is a genus of monocots native to the hot and arid regions of Mexico and the Southwestern United States. Some agave species are also native to tropical areas of South America. The plants are perennial, but each rosette flowers once and then dies (see semelparity). Some species are known by the name "century plant".
60 branches of this genus, most-observed first
American century plant
speciesAgave americana
Swan-neck Agave
speciesAgave attenuata
Giant Century Plant
speciesAgave salmiana
desert agave
speciesAgave deserti
Parry's agave
speciesAgave parryi
Caribbean Agave
speciesAgave angustifolia
lechuguilla
speciesAgave lechuguilla
Palmer's agave
speciesAgave palmeri
Shaw's Agave
speciesAgave shawii
Smooth Agave
speciesAgave desmetiana
Utah Agave
speciesAgave utahensis
Agave vivipara
speciesAgave vivipara
sisal
speciesAgave sisalana
Tequila Agave
speciesAgave tequilana
Agave cordillerensis
speciesAgave cordillerensis
Havard's Century Plant
speciesAgave havardiana
Queen Victoria Agave
speciesAgave victoriae-reginae
Thorn-crested Agave
speciesAgave lophantha
Rough century plant
speciesAgave asperrima
Rough Agave
speciesAgave inaequidens
Butterfly Agave
speciesAgave potatorum
Agave karwinskii
speciesAgave karwinskii
Schott's century plant
speciesAgave schottii
goldenflower century plant
speciesAgave chrysantha
Cream Spike Agave
speciesAgave applanata
Henequen
speciesAgave fourcroydes
Agave mapisaga
speciesAgave mapisaga
Thread-leaf Agave
speciesAgave schidigera
Baja California Sur Century Agave
speciesAgave aurea
Agave gentryi
speciesAgave gentryi
False Sisal
speciesAgave decipiens
Octopus Agave
speciesAgave vilmoriniana
Whale's Tongue Agave
speciesAgave ovatifolia
La Paz Agave
speciesAgave sobria
Agave maximiliana
speciesAgave maximiliana
Agave marmorata
speciesAgave marmorata
Agave xylonacantha
speciesAgave xylonacantha
pulque agave
speciesAgave atrovirens
Agave cerulata
speciesAgave cerulata
Thread agave
speciesAgave filifera
Agave seemanniana
speciesAgave seemanniana
simple desert agave
speciesAgave simplex
black-spined agave
speciesAgave macroacantha
Mitis Century Plant
speciesAgave mitis
Agave kerchovei
speciesAgave kerchovei
Agave guadalajarana
speciesAgave guadalajarana
Agave horrida
speciesAgave horrida
Agave cupreata
speciesAgave cupreata
Agave difformis
speciesAgave difformis
Agave datylio
speciesAgave datylio
Agave albomarginata
speciesAgave albomarginata
Hardy Century Plant
speciesAgave obscura
Weber's Century Plant
speciesAgave weberi
wocomahi agave
speciesAgave wocomahi
golden cape agave
speciesAgave capensis
mescal ceniza
speciesAgave colorata
Agave montana
speciesAgave montana
Toumey's century plant
speciesAgave toumeyana
Agave durangensis
speciesAgave durangensis
Cayman Agave
speciesAgave caymanensis
Where it lives
Recorded sightings
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geo-referenced records in GBIF, from museums, herbaria and field observers.
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In the old herbals & bestiaries
Hortus Eystettensis
Basilius Besler · 1640 · p.378
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.318
History of the Plants of New Spain, Volume 3
Francisco Hernández (1517-1587) · 1946 · p.353
History of Rare Plants
Carolus Clusius · 1601 · p.536
Historia naturalis Brasiliae
Willem Piso / Georg Marcgraf · 1648 · p.233
Historia naturalis Brasiliae
Willem Piso / Georg Marcgraf · 1648 · p.183
Thesaurus of Medical Things of New Spain, or History of Mexican Plants, Animals, and Minerals
Francisco Hernández; Nardo Antonio Recchi (ed.) · 1651 · p.298
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.317
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.320
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.321
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.321
Treasury of Medical Matters of New Spain
Francisco Hernández · 1651 · p.320
In the stacks
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This page is assembled live from iNaturalist, GBIF, Wikipedia, the Source Library and the Internet Archive. It is not yet part of the hand-edited codex. iNaturalist taxon 50822.