Genus Agave L.


Summary
Genus number:
292
Last updated:
19 January 2010
Family:
Asparagaceae
Subfamily:
Agavoideae
Common name(s):

agave
Accession count:

564 (98  active, 9  available) in National Plant Germplasm System
Comments:


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References:
  1. Good-Avila, S. V. et al. 2006. Timing and rate of speciation in Agave (Agavaceae). Proc. Natl. Acad. Sci. U.S.A. 103:9124-9129.
  2. Hodgson, W. C. 2001. Taxonomic novelties in American Agave. Novon 11:410-416.
  3. Jiménez-Barron, O. et al. 2020. Phylogeny, diversification rate, and divergence time of Agave sensu lato (Asparagaceae), a group of recent origin in the process of diversification. Front. Plant Sci. 11:536135. DOI: 10.3389/fpls.2020.536135. Note: Manfreda, Polianthes, and Prochnyanthes are paraphyletic
Cite as: USDA, Agricultural Research Service, National Plant Germplasm System. 2026. Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN Taxonomy). National Germplasm Resources Laboratory, Beltsville, Maryland.
URL: https://npgstest.ars-grin.gov/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomygenus?id=292. Accessed 15 April 2026.