Taxon:
Agave americana L.
Summary
Place of publication:
Sp. pl. 1:323. 1753
Verified:
02/26/2012
ARS Systematic Botanists.
Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations
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Common names
English
American agave – American-aloe – century-plant – Afrikaans
garingboom – German
hundert-jährige Agave – Spanish
maguey – Swedish
agave –
Distribution
order_code | Status | Continent | Subcontinent | Country | State | Note |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Coahuila de Zaragoza | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Nuevo León | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | San Luis Potosí | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Sonora | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Northern Mexico | Mexico | Tamaulipas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | South-Central U.S.A. | United States | Texas | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Jalisco | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Querétaro | |
1 | Native | Northern America | Southern Mexico | Mexico | Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave | |
2 | Cultivated | | | | | also cult. |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Azores | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Portugal | Madeira Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Macaronesia | Spain | Canary Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Algeria | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Northern Africa | Morocco | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Botswana | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Eswatini | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | Lesotho | | |
4 | Naturalized | Africa | Southern Africa | South Africa | | |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | China | China | | s. |
4 | Naturalized | Asia-Temperate | Western Asia | Turkey | | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | New South Wales | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | Australia | Australia | Queensland | |
4 | Naturalized | Australasia | New Zealand | New Zealand | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Albania | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Croatia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Greece | | incl. Crete |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southeastern Europe | Italy | | incl. Sardinia, Sicily |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | France | | incl. Corsica |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Portugal | | |
4 | Naturalized | Europe | Southwestern Europe | Spain | | incl. Baleares |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Northwestern Pacific | Palau | | |
4 | Naturalized | Pacific | Southwestern Pacific | New Caledonia | | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | Córdoba | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Argentina | La Pampa | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Southern South America | Chile | Juan Fernández Islands | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | Chuquisaca | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Bolivia | La Paz | |
4 | Naturalized | Southern America | Western South America | Peru | | |
Native
Northern America
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SOUTH-CENTRAL U.S.A.:
United States [Texas]
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NORTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Coahuila de Zaragoza, Nuevo León, San Luis Potosí, Sonora, Tamaulipas]
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SOUTHERN MEXICO:
Mexico [Jalisco, Querétaro, Veracruz de Ignacio de la Llave]
Cultivated
(also cult.)
Naturalized
Africa
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MACARONESIA:
Spain [Canary Islands], Portugal [Azores, Madeira Islands]
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NORTHERN AFRICA:
Algeria, Morocco
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SOUTHERN AFRICA:
Botswana, Lesotho, Eswatini, South Africa
Asia-Temperate
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WESTERN ASIA:
Turkey
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CHINA:
China (s.)
Australasia
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AUSTRALIA:
Australia [New South Wales, Queensland]
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NEW ZEALAND:
New Zealand
Europe
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SOUTHEASTERN EUROPE:
Albania, Greece (incl. Crete), Croatia, Italy (incl. Sardinia, Sicily)
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SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE:
Spain (incl. Baleares), France (incl. Corsica), Portugal
Pacific
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NORTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
Palau
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SOUTHWESTERN PACIFIC:
New Caledonia
Southern America
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WESTERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Bolivia [Chuquisaca, La Paz], Peru
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SOUTHERN SOUTH AMERICA:
Argentina [Córdoba, La Pampa], Chile [Juan Fernández Islands]
Economic Uses
Usage | Type | Note | Reference |
Environmental | ornamental | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |
Medicines | folklore | | McGuffin, M., J. T. Kartesz, A. Y. Leung, & A. O. Tucker. 2000. Herbs of commerce, ed. 2 American Herbal Products Association, Silver Spring, Maryland. |
Vertebrate poisons | mammals | | Kellerman, T. S. et al. 1988. Plant poisonings and mycotoxicoses of livestock in Southern Africa |
Weed | | | Weber, E. 2003. Invasive plant species of the world: a reference guide to environmental weeds |