List of Agave species

, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and Plants of the World Online recognize about 270 species of Agave plus a number of natural hybrids. This includes species formerly placed in Manfreda and Polianthes. Other sources may use different circumscriptions.

A

• Agave abisaii <small>A.Vázquez & Nieves</small> – Mexico (Jalisco)
• Agave acicularis <small>Trel.</small> - Cuba
• Agave acklinicola <small>Trel.</small> - Bahamas
• Agave × ajoensis <small>W.C.Hodgs.</small> - Pima County in Arizona = A. deserti var. simplex × A. schottii var. schottii
• Agave aktites <small>Gentry</small> - Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora)
• Agave albescens <small>Trel.</small> - Cuba
• Agave alboaustralis <small>(E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede</small> - Oaxaca
• Agave albomarginata <small>Gentry</small> - northeastern Mexico
• Agave albopilosa <small>I.Cabral</small> - Mexico (Nuevo León)
• Agave americana <small>L.</small> &ndash; American Agave, American Century Plant, Century Plant, Maguey americano - Arizona, Texas, Mexico; naturalized in parts of Africa, Eurasia, Australia, South America various islands
• Agave amica <small>(Medik.) Thiede & Govaerts</small> – Mexico
• Agave andreae <small>Sahagún & A.Vázquez</small> – Mexico (Michoacán)
• Agave angustiarum <small>Trel.</small> - Mexico
• Agave angustifolia <small>Haw.</small> - Mexico, Central America; naturalized in Spain, South Africa, Indian Subcontinent, various islands
• Agave anomala <small>Trel.</small> - Bahamas, Cuba
• Agave antillarum <small>Descourt.</small> - Cuba, Hispaniola
• Agave apedicellata <small>Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (Jalisco, San Luis Potosí)
• Agave applanata <small>Lem. ex Jacobi</small> - Mexico
• Agave arcedianoensis <small>Cházaro</small> - Mexico (Jalisco)
• Agave × arizonica <small>Gentry & J.H.Weber</small> = A. chrysantha × A. toumeyana var. bella - Arizona
• Agave arubensis <small>Hummelinck</small> - Aruba
• Agave asperrima <small>Jacobi</small> &ndash; Maguey spero, Rough Century Plant - Texas, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas
• Agave atrovirens <small>Karw. ex Salm-Dyck</small> - Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz
• Agave attenuata <small>Salm-Dyck</small> &ndash; Swan's Neck Agave, Dragon Tree Agave, Foxtail Agave - Mexico; naturalised in southeastern Australia
• Agave aurea <small>Brandegee</small> - Baja California Sur
• Agave avellanidens <small>Trel.</small> - Baja California
• Agave azurea <small>R.H.Webb & G.D.Starr</small> – Mexico (Baja California Sur)

B

• Agave bahamana <small>Trel.</small> - Bahamas
• Agave beaulueriana <small>Jacobi</small> = Agave americana var. franzosini
• Agave bicolor <small>(E.Solano & García-Mend.) Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (Oaxaca)
• Agave boldinghiana <small>Trel.</small> - Curaçao, Bonaire
• Agave bovicornuta <small>Gentry</small> &ndash; Cowhorn Agave - Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora
• Agave braceana <small>Trel.</small> - Bahamas (Abaco)
• Agave bracteosa <small>S.Watson ex Engelm.</small> &ndash; Squid Agave - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León)
• Agave brevipetala <small>Trel.</small> - Hispaniola
• Agave brevispina <small>Trel.</small> - Hispaniola
• Agave brittoniana <small>Trel.</small> - Cuba
• Agave brunnea <small>S.Watson</small> – NE. Mexico
• Agave bulbulifera <small>(Castillejos & E.Solano) Thiede</small> – Mexico (Guerrero)
• Agave bulliana <small>(Baker) Thiede & Eggli</small> - Mexico

C

• Agave cacozela <small>Trel.</small> - Bahamas (Eleuthera)
• Agave cajalbanensis <small>A.Álvarez</small> - Cuba
• †Agave calodonta <small>A.Berger</small> - extinct
• Agave cantala <small>(Haw.) Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck</small> &ndash; Cantala, Maguey de la India - Mexico, El Salvador, Honduras
• Agave capensis <small>Gentry</small> - Baja California Sur = Agave aurea var. capensis
• Agave caribaeicola <small>Trel.</small> - Lesser Antilles
• Agave caymanensis <small>Proctor</small> - Cayman Islands
• Agave cerulata <small>Trel.</small> - Baja California
• Agave chamelensis <small>(E.J.Lott & Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (Jalisco)
• Agave chazaroi <small>A.Vázquez & O.M.Valencia</small> - Jalisco
• Agave chiapensis <small>Jacobi</small> - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Guatemala
• Agave chrysantha <small>Peebles</small> &ndash; Golden Flowered Agave, Golden Flower Century Plant - Arizona
• Agave chrysoglossa <small>I.M.Johnst.</small> - Baja California, Sonora
• Agave cocui <small>Trel.</small> - Colombia, Venezuela (incl Isla Margarita), Aruba, Bonaire, Curaçao
• Agave coetocapnia <small>(M.Roem.) Govaerts & Thiede</small> – Mexico
• Agave collina <small>Greenm.</small> - Morelos, Guerrero
• Agave colorata <small>Gentry</small> &ndash; Mescal ceniza - Sinaloa, Sonora
• Agave confertiflora <small>Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (Chihuahua)
• Agave congesta <small>Gentry</small> - Chiapas
• Agave convallis <small>Trel.</small> - Oaxaca
• Agave cremnophila - Oaxaca
• Agave cryptica <small>G.D.Starr & T.J.Davis</small> - Mexico (Nuevo Leon, Tamaulipas)
• Agave cundinamarcensis <small>A.Berger</small> - Colombia
• Agave cupreata <small>Trel. & A.Berger</small> - Guerrero, Michoacán

D

• Agave dasylirioides <small>Jacobi & C.D.Bouché</small> - Morelos, México State
• Agave datylio <small>F.A.C.Weber</small> - Baja California Sur
• Agave debilis <small>A.Berger</small> – C. & SW. Mexico (to Hidalgo)
• Agave decipiens <small>Baker</small> &ndash; False Sisal - Florida; naturalised in parts of Africa
• Agave delamateri <small>W.C.Hodgs. & Slauson</small> - Arizona
• Agave demeesteriana <small>Jacobi</small> - Sinaloa, Veracruz
• Agave deserti <small>Engelm.</small> &ndash; Desert Century Plant, Desert Agave, Maguey de Desierto - Baja California, California, Arizona
• Agave difformis <small>A.Berger</small> - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí
• Agave doctorensis <small>L.Hern. & Magallán</small> – Mexico (Querétaro)
• Agave dolichantha <small>Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (Jalisco, Michoacán)
• Agave durangensis <small>Gentry</small> - Durango, Zacatecas
• Agave dussiana <small>Trel.</small> - Lesser Antilles

E

• Agave eggersiana <small>Trel.</small> &ndash; Eggers' Century Plant, St. Croix Agave - US Virgin Islands (St. Croix, St. Thomas)
• Agave ehrenbergii <small>Jacobi</small> - Cuba = Agave mitis <small>Mart.</small>
• Agave ellemeetiana <small>Jacobi</small> – Mexico (Veracruz, Oaxaca)
• Agave ensifera <small>Jacobi</small>
• Agave evadens <small>Trel.</small> - Trinidad, Venezuelan Antilles (Isla Margarita)

F

• Agave felgeri <small>Gentry</small> &ndash; Mescalito - Sonora
• Agave filifera <small>Salm-Dyck</small> &ndash; Thread-leaf Agave - Querétaro to México State, Aguascalientes, Hidalgo, San Luis Potosí
• Agave flexispina <small>Trel.</small> - Chihuahua, Durango
• Agave fortiflora <small>Gentry</small> - Sonora
• Agave fourcroydes <small>Lem.</small> &ndash; Henequen, Maguey Henequen, Mexican Sisal - Mexico, Guatemala; naturalized in West Indies, Italy, Canary Islands
• Agave funkiana <small>K.Koch & C.D.Bouché</small> &ndash; Ixtle de Jaumav - Mexico (Tamaulipas to Chiapas)
• Agave fusca <small>(Ravenna) Thiede & Eggli</small> – Guatemala

G

• Agave galvaniae <small>(A.Castañeda</small> – Mexico (México State)
• Agave garciae-mendozae <small>Galván & L.Hern.</small> - Hidalgo
• Agave geminiflora <small>(Tagl.) Ker Gawl.</small> - Nayarit
• Agave gentryi <small>B.Ullrich</small> - Nuevo León, Querétaro
• Agave ghiesbreghtii <small>Lem. ex Jacobi</small> - Mexico, Guatemala
• Agave gigantensis <small>Gentry</small> - Sierra de la Giganta in Baja California Sur
• Agave gilbertii <small>A.Berger</small> - Mexico
• Agave × glomeruliflora <small>(Engelm.) A.Berger</small> = A. havardiana × A. lechuguilla - Coahuila, western Texas
• Agave gomezpompae <small>Cházaro & Jimeno-Sevilla</small> - Veracruz
• Agave gracielae <small>Galvan & Zamudio</small> – Mexico (Querétaro)
• Agave gracilipes <small>Trel.</small> &ndash; Maguey de pastizal, Slimfoot Century Plant - Chihuahua, southern New Mexico, western Texas
• Agave gracillima <small>A.Berger</small> – Mexico (Durango, Jalisco, Nayarit)
• Agave graminifolia <small>(Rose) Govaerts & Thiede</small> – NE. Mexico (to Jalisco)
• Agave grisea <small>Trel.</small> - Cuba
• Agave guadalajarana <small>Trel.</small> &ndash; Maguey chato - Jalisco, Nayarit
• Agave guerrerensis <small>(Matuda) G.D.Rowley</small> – Mexico (Guerrero)
• Agave guiengola <small>Gentry</small> - Oaxaca
• Agave guttata <small>Jacobi & C.D.Bouché</small> – NE. Mexico (to Jalisco)
• Agave gypsophila <small>Gentry</small> - Colima, Guerrero, Jalisco

H

• Agave harrisii <small>Trel.</small> - Jamaica
• Agave hauniensis <small>J.B.Petersen</small> – C. Mexico (to Guerrero)
• Agave havardiana <small>Trel.</small> &ndash; Havard's Century Plant, Chisos Agave, Maguey de Havard - Chihuahua, Coahuila, Texas
• Agave hiemiflora <small>Gentry</small> - Chiapas, Guatemala
• Agave hookeri <small>Jacobi</small> - Jalisco, Michoacán
• Agave horrida <small>Lem. ex Jacobi</small> - Morelos, Veracruz, Oaxaca
• Agave howardii <small>(Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (Jalisco, Colima)
• Agave hurteri <small>Trel.</small> - Guatemala

I–J

• Agave impressa <small>Gentry</small> - Sinaloa
• Agave inaequidens <small>K.Koch</small> - Mexico
• Agave inaguensis <small>Trel.</small> - Bahamas (Inagua), Turks and Caicos Islands
• Agave indagatorum <small>Trel.</small> - Bahamas (Watling Island)
• Agave intermixta <small>Trel.</small> - Hispaniola
• Agave involuta <small>(McVaugh) Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (S. Zacatecas, SE. Nayarit, Jalisco)
• Agave isthmensis <small>A.García-Mend. & F.Palma</small> - Oaxaca, Chiapas
• Agave jaiboli <small>Gentry</small> - Sonora, Chihuahua
• Agave jaliscana <small>(Rose) A.Berger</small> – W. Mexico (to Durango)
• Agave jarucoensis <small>A.Álvarez</small> - Cuba
• Agave jimenoi <small>Cházaro & A.Vázquez</small> – Mexico (Veracruz)
• Agave justosierrana <small>(García-Mend.) Thiede</small> – Mexico (Guerrero)

K–L

• Agave karatto <small>Mill.</small> - Lesser Antilles, Netherlands Antilles
• Agave karwinskii <small>Zucc.</small> - Oaxaca, Puebla
• Agave kavandivi <small>García-Mend. & C.Chávez</small> – Mexico (Oaxaca)
• Agave kerchovei <small>Lem.</small> - Hidalgo, Oaxaca, Puebla
• Agave kewensis <small>Jacobi</small> - Chiapas
• Agave kristenii <small>A.Vázquez & Cházaro</small> – Mexico (Michoacán)
• Agave lagunae <small>Trel.</small> - Guatemala (Amatitlan)
• Agave lechuguilla <small>Torr.</small> &ndash; Agave lecheguilla, Lecheguilla, Lechuguilla, Maguey lechuguilla - northern Mexico, New Mexico, Texas
• Agave × leopoldii <small>W.Watson</small> – AGM
• Agave littoralis <small>(García-Mend.</small> – Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca)
• Agave longibracteata <small>(Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (Michoacán)
• Agave longiflora <small>(Rose) G.D.Rowley</small> – S. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas, Nuebo León)
• Agave longipes <small>Trel.</small> - Jamaica

M

• Agave macroacantha <small>Zucc.</small> - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave maculata <small>Regel</small> – S. Texas to NE. Mexico
• Agave madrensis <small>Villarreal</small> – Mexico (Nuevo León)
• Agave manantlanicola <small>Cuevas & Santana-Michel</small> - Jalisco
• Agave mapisaga <small>Trel.</small> - Mexico
• Agave margaritae <small>Brandegee</small> - Baja California Sur
• Agave maria-patriciae <small>Cházaro & Arzaba</small> – Mexico (Veracruz)
• Agave marmorata <small>Roezl</small> - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave maximiliana <small>Baker</small> - Mexico
• Agave mckelveyana <small>Gentry</small> &ndash; Mckelvey Agave, McKelvey's Century Plant - Arizona (Yavapai + Mohave Cos)
• Agave melanacantha <small>Lem. ex Jacobi</small> – C. Cuba
• Agave michoacana <small>(M.Cedano</small> – Mexico (Michoacán)
• Agave microceps <small>(Kimnach) A.Vázquez & Cházaro</small> - Sinaloa
• Agave millspaughii <small>Trel.</small> - Bahamas (Exuma)

• Agave minor <small>Proctor</small> - Puerto Rico
• Agave missionum <small>Trel.</small> &ndash; Corita - Puerto Rico, U.S. Virgin Islands
• Agave mitis <small>Mart.</small> - Hidalgo
• Agave montana <small>Villarreal</small> - Nuevo León
• Agave montium-sancticaroli <small>García-Mend.</small> - Tamaulipas
• Agave moranii <small>Gentry</small> - Baja California
• Agave multicolor <small>(E.Solano & Dávila) Thiede</small> – Mexico (Guanajuato)
• Agave multifilifera <small>Gentry</small> - Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa
• Agave murpheyi <small>Gibson</small> &ndash; Maguey Bandeado, Murphey Agave, Murphey's Century Plant, Hohokam Agave - Arizona, Sonora

N

• Agave nanchititlensis <small>(Matuda) ined.</small> – Mexico (México State)
• Agave nashii <small>Trel.</small> - Bahamas (Inagua)
• Agave nayaritensis <small>Gentry</small> - Sinaloa, Nayarit
• Agave neglecta <small>Small</small> &ndash; wild century plant = Agave weberi
• Agave neocernua <small>Thiede</small> - Jalisco
• Agave neonelsonii <small>Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (Durango)
• Agave neopringlei <small>Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico
• Agave nickelsiae <small>Rol.-Goss.</small> - Coahuila
• Agave nizandensis <small>Cutak</small> &ndash; Dwarf Octopus Agave - Oaxaca
• Agave nuusaviorum <small>García-Mend.</small> - Oaxaca

O

• Agave oaxacana <small>(García-Mend. & E.Solano) Thiede</small> – Mexico (Oaxaca)
• Agave obscura <small>Schiede ex Schltdl.</small> - Mexico
• Agave ocahui <small>Gentry</small> - Sonora
• Agave offoyana <small>De Smet ex Jacobi</small> – Cuba (Villa Clara)
• Agave ornithobroma <small>Gentry</small> &ndash; Maguey pajarito - Nayarit, Sinaloa
• Agave oroensis <small>Gentry</small> - Zacatecas
• Agave ortgiesiana <small>(Baker) Trel. in L.H.Bailey</small> - Colima, Jalisco
• Agave oteroi <small>G.D. Starr & T.J. Davis</small> - Oaxaca
• Agave ovatifolia <small>G.D.Starr & Villarreal</small> - Nuevo León

P–Q

• Agave pablocarrilloi <small>A.Vázquez</small> – Mexico (Colima)
• Agave pachycentra <small>Trel.</small> - Chiapas, Guatemala, El Salvador, Honduras
• Agave palmeri <small>Engelm.</small> &ndash; Maguey de tlalcoyote, Palmer Agave, Palmer Century Plant, Palmer's Century Plant - Sonora, Chihuahua, Arizona, New Mexico
• Agave palustris <small>(Rose) Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (Durango, Nayarit)
• Agave panamana <small>Trel.</small> – Panama

• Agave paniculata <small>(L.Hern.</small> – Mexico (Yucatán)
• Agave papyrocarpa <small>Trel.</small> - Cuba (Isla de la Juventud)
• Agave parrasana <small>A.Berger</small> - Coahuila
• Agave parryi <small>Engelm.</small> &ndash; Mezcal yapavai, Parry Agave, Parry's Agave - Chihuahua, Durango, Guanajuato, Arizona, New Mexico, Texas
• Agave parva <small>(Aarón Rodr.) Thiede</small> – Mexico (Guerrero)
• Agave parvidentata <small>Trel.</small> - El Salvador, Honduras
• Agave parviflora <small>Torr. in W.H.Emory</small> &ndash; Maguey sbari, Smallflower Agave, Smallflower Century Plant, Little Princess Agave - Arizona, Sonora, Chihuahua
• Agave pax <small>Gir.-Cañas</small> - Colombia
• Agave peacockii <small>Croucher</small> - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave pelona <small>Gentry</small> &ndash; Bald Agave - Sonora
• Agave pendula <small>Schnittsp.</small> - Chiapas, Veracruz, Guatemala
• Agave petiolata <small>Trel.</small> - Curaçao
• Agave petrophila <small>A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez</small> - Puebla, Oaxaca, Guerrero
• Agave petskinil <small>(R.A.Orellana</small> – Mexico (Yucatán)
• Agave phillipsiana <small>W.C.Hodgs.</small> - Arizona (Coconino Co)
• Agave pintilla <small>S.González</small> - Durango
• Agave planifolia <small>S.Watson</small> – Mexico (Sonora, Chihuahua)
• Agave platyphylla <small>(Rose) Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (Durango, Zacatecas, Jalisco)
• Agave polianthes <small>Thiede & Eggli</small> – C. & S. Mexico
• Agave polianthiflora <small>Gentry</small> - Chihuahua, Sonora
• Agave polyacantha <small>Haw.</small> - Oaxaca, San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas, Veracruz
• Agave potatorum <small>Zucc.</small> &ndash; Drunkard Agave - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave potosina <small>B.L.Rob. & Greenm.</small> – NE. Mexico
• Agave potreriana <small>Trel.</small> - Mexico
• Agave pratensis <small>A.Berger</small> – Mexico (Jalisco, Nayarit)
• Agave pringlei <small>Engelm. ex Baker</small> – Mexico (N. Baja California)
• Agave producta <small>Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (Guerrero)
• Agave promontorii <small>Trel.</small> - Baja California Sur
• Agave pubescens <small>Regel & Ortgies</small> – Mexico (Morelos, Oaxaca, Chiapas)
• Agave × pumila <small>De Smet ex Baker</small> = A. asperrima × A. nickelsiae - Coahuila

• Agave quilae <small>(Art.Castro & Aarón Rodr.) Thiede & Govaerts</small> - Mexico (Jalisco)

R

• Agave revoluta <small>Klotzsch</small> – Mexico (México State)
• Agave rhodacantha <small>Trel.</small> - Mexico
• Agave rosei <small>Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (Nayarit)
• Agave rovelliana <small>Tod.</small> - Texas
• Agave rutteniae <small>Hummelinck</small> - Aruba
• Agave rzedowskiana <small>P.Carrillo</small> - Sinaloa, Jalisco

S

• Agave salmiana <small>Otto ex Salm-Dyck</small> &ndash; Pulque, Maguey, Maguey de montaña - Mexico; naturalized in South Africa, Canary Islands, Portugal
• Agave sanpedroensis <small>W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon</small> – Arizona
• Agave scabra <small>Ortega</small> – Mexico to Nicaragua
• Agave scaposa <small>Gentry</small> - Oaxaca, Puebla
• Agave schidigera <small>Lem.</small> - northern + central Mexico
• Agave schneideriana <small>A.Berger</small> - Puebla
• Agave schottii <small>Engelm.</small> &ndash; Maguey puercoesp n, Schott Agave, Schott's Century Plant, Shindagger, Leather Agave - Sonora, Arizona, New Mexico
• Agave sebastiana <small>Greene</small> - Baja California
• Agave seemanniana <small>Jacobi</small> - Oaxaca, Chiapas, Costa Rica, Nicaragua, Guatemala, Honduras
• Agave shaferi <small>Trel.</small> - Cuba
• Agave shawii <small>Engelm.</small> &ndash; Coastal Agave, Maguey primavera - Baja California, California (San Diego Co)
• Agave shrevei <small>Gentry</small> - Chihuahua, Sonora
• Agave sileri <small>(Verh.-Will.) Thiede & Eggli</small> – SC. Texas to Mexico (Tamaulipas)
• Agave singuliflora <small>(S.Watson) A.Berger</small> – N. Mexico
• Agave sisalana <small>Perrine</small> &ndash; Maguey de Sisal, Sisal, Sisal Hemp - Chiapas; widely cultivated for fiber; naturalized in Spain, Ecuador, Brazil, Queensland, Central America, parts of Asia + Africa, various islands
• Agave sobolifera <small>Houtt.</small> - Cuba, Jamaica
• Agave sobria <small>Brandegee</small> - Baja California Sur
• Agave spicata <small>Cav.</small> - Hidalgo
• Agave stictata <small>Thiede & Eggli</small> – Mexico (México State, Guerrero, Oaxaca)
• Agave striata <small>Zucc.</small> - northeastern Mexico
• Agave stricta <small>Salm-Dyck</small> - Oaxaca, Puebla
• Agave stringens <small>Trel.</small> - Jalisco
• Agave subsimplex <small>Trel.</small> - Sonora

T

• Agave tecta <small>Trel.</small> - Guatemala
• Agave temacapulinensis <small>A.Vázquez & Cházaro</small> – Mexico (Jalisco)
• Agave tenuifolia <small>Zamudio & E.Sánchez</small> - Querétaro
• Agave tequilana <small>F.A.C.Weber</small> &ndash; Mezcal azul tequilero, Tequila Agave, Weber Blue Agave - Mexico
• Agave thomasiae <small>Trel.</small> - Guatemala
• Agave titanota <small>Gentry</small> - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave toumeyana <small>Trel.</small> &ndash; Toumey Agave, Toumey's Century Plant - Arizona
• Agave triangularis <small>Jacobi</small> - Puebla, Oaxaca
• Agave tubulata <small>Trel.</small> - Cuba
• Agave turneri <small>R.H.Webb & Salazar-Ceseña</small> - Baja California

U–V

• Agave umbrophila <small>(García-Mend.) Thiede</small> – Mexico (Guerrero, Oaxaca)
• Agave underwoodii <small>Trel.</small> - Cuba
• Agave undulata <small>Klotzsch</small> – Mexico (Tamaulipas)
• Agave univittata <small>Haw.</small> - Mexico, Texas
• Agave utahensis <small>Engelm. in S.Watson</small> &ndash; Utah Agave - Utah, Nevada, California, Arizona
• Agave valenciana <small>Cházaro & A.Vázquez</small> - Jalisco
• Agave variegata <small>Jacobi</small> – S. Texas to Mexico
• Agave vazquezgarciae <small>Cházaro & J.A.Lomelí</small> - Jalisco
• Agave vera-cruz <small>Mill.</small> - Veracruz, Oaxaca; naturalized in Indian Subcontinent, Thailand, various islands
• Agave verdensis <small>W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon</small> – Arizona
• Agave verhoekiae <small>(García-Mend.) Thiede</small> – Mexico (Oaxaca)
• Agave vicina <small>Trel.</small> - Netherlands Antilles, Venezuelan Antilles
• Agave victoriae-reginae <small>T.Moore</small> &ndash; Queen Victoria's Agave - Coahuila, Nuevo Leon, Durango
• Agave vilmoriniana <small>A.Berger</small> &ndash; Octopus Agave - Mexico
• Agave virginica <small>L.</small> – C. & E. U.S.A. to NE. Mexico
• Agave vivipara <small>L.</small> - Netherlands Antilles, Venezuelan Antilles; naturalised in parts of Australia + Africa
• Agave vizcainoensis <small>Gentry</small> - Baja California Sur

W–Z

• Agave wallisii <small>Jacobi</small> - Colombia
• Agave warelliana <small>Baker</small> - Veracruz, Oaxaca, Chiapas
• Agave weberi <small>J.F.Cels ex J.Poiss.</small> &ndash; Maguey liso, Weber's Century Plant, Weber Agave - San Luis Potosí, Tamaulipas; naturalized in southern Texas
• Agave wendtii <small>Cházaro </small> - SE Veracruz
• Agave wercklei <small>F.A.C.Weber ex Wercklé</small> - Costa Rica; naturalised in parts of Africa
• Agave wildingii <small>Tod.</small> - Cuba
• Agave wocomahi <small>Gentry</small> - Sonora, Chihuahua, Durango, Sinaloa, Jalisco
• Agave xylonacantha <small>Salm-Dyck</small> &ndash; Century Plant, Maguey diente de tiburn - Hidalgo, San Luis Potosi
• Agave yavapaiensis <small>W.C.Hodgs. & Salywon</small> – Arizona
• Agave zapopanensis <small>(E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede</small> – Mexico (Jalisco)
• Agave zebra <small>Gentry</small> - Sonora

Formerly included

Manfreda and Polianthes species are now included in Agave.

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