| Gattung: | Agave L. |
| Familie: | Agavaceae |
| Arten: | über 200 |
| Vorkommen: | südliches USA, Mexiko und auf den Karibischen Inseln |
Die neben den Kakteen wohl die bekannteste Sukkulentengattung. Inzwischen sind Agaven weltweit in subtropischen und tropischen Gegenden verbreitet. Sie blühen nur einmal, danach stirbt die Mutterpflanze ab, meist nicht ohne Kindel auszubilden. Die Blüte erscheint bei den großen Arten erst nach bis zu 40 Jahren, bei den kleineren Arten auch schon nach 5 Jahren. |
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| Arten: | |
| Agave acicularis Trel. | |
| Agave aktites Gentry | |
| Agave albomarginata Gentry | |
| Agave americana subsp. protamericana Gentry | |
| Agave americana var. americana L. | |
| Agave angustiarum Trel. | |
| Agave angustifolia var. angustifolia Haworth |
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| Agave angustifolia Haworth 'Marginata' | |
| Agave angustifolia var. rubescens (Salm-Dyck) Gentry | |
| Agave anomala Trel. | |
| Agave antillarum Desc. | |
| Agave applanata Koch ex Jacobi | |
| Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck |
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| Agave atrovirens var. mirabilis (Trel.) Gentry | |
| Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck |
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| Agave aurea Brandegee | |
| Agave avellanidens Trel. | |
| Agave bahamana Trel. | |
| Agave barbadensis Trel. | |
| Agave bovicornuta Gentry | |
| Agave braceana Trel. | |
| Agave bracteosa S. Wats. ex Engelm. |  |
| Agave breedlovei Gentry | |
| Agave brevipetala Trel. | |
| Agave brevispina Trel. | |
| Agave cacozela Trel. | |
| Agave calodonta Berger | |
| Agave cantala Roxb. |
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Agave cantala var. acuispina (Trel.) Gentry |
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| Agave capensis Gentry |
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| Agave celsii var. celsii Hooker |
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| Agave celsii var. albicans (Jacobi) Gentry |
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| Agave cerulata subsp. cerulata Trel. | |
| Agave cerulata subsp. dentiens (Trel.) Gentry |
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| Agave cerulata subsp. nelsonii (Trel.) Gentry |
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| Agave cerulata subsp. subcerulata Gentry | |
| Agave chiapensis Jacobi | |
| Agave chrysantha Peebles | |
| Agave chrysoglossa I.M. Johnston | |
| Agave coccinea |  |
| Agave cocui Trel. | |
| Agave colimana Gentry | |
| Agave colorata Gentry | |
| Agave congesta Gentry | |
| Agave cupreata Trel. & Berger | |
| Agave dasylirioides Jacobi & Bouche | |
| Agave datylio var. datylio Simon ex Weber | |
| Agave datylio var. vexans (Trel.) I.M. Johnston | |
| Agave decipiens Baker |  |
| Agave delamateri Hodgson & Slauson | |
| Agave deserti subsp. deserti Engelm |
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| Agave deserti subsp. pringlei (Engelm. ex Baker) Gentry | |
| Agave deserti subsp. simplex Gentry | |
| Agave desmettiana Jacobi | |
| Agave difformis Berger | |
| Agave durangensis Gentry | |
| Agave eggersiana Trel. | |
| Agave ekmanii Trel. | |
| Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi | |
Agave ensifera Jacobi |
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| Agave felgeri Gentry | |
| Agave fenzliana Jacobi | |
| Agave filifera Salm-Dyck |
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| Agave filifera subsp. microceps Kimnach | |
| Agave flexispina Trel. | |
| Agave fortiflora Gentry | |
| Agave fourcroydes Lem. | |
| Agave franzosini Baker | |
| Agave funkiana Koche & Bouche | |
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Agave geminiflora (Tagl.) Ker-Gawl. |
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| Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi | |
| Agave gigantensis Gentry | |
| Agave glomeruliflora (Engelm.) Berger | |
| Agave gracilipes Trel. | |
| Agave grenadina Trel. | |
| Agave grisea Trel. | |
| Agave guadalajarana Trel. | |
| Agave guiengola Gentry | |
| Agave gutierreziana Trel. | |
| Agave gypsophila Gentry | |
| Agave havar. iana Trel. | |
| Agave hiemiflora Gentry | |
| Agave hookeri Jacobi | |
| Agave horrida Lem. | |
| Agave hurteriTrel. | |
| Agave impressa Gentry | |
| Agave inaequidens subsp. inaequidens Koch | |
| Agave inaequidens subsp. barrancensis Gentry | |
| Agave indagatorum Trel. | |
| Agave jaiboli Gentry | |
| Agave karwinskii Zucc. | |
| Agave kerchovei Lem. | |
| Agave kewensis Jacobi | |
| Agave lagunae Trel. | |
| Agave lechuguilla Torr. |  |
| Agave lophantha Schiede ex Knuth |  |
| Agave lurida Aiton | |
| Agave macroacantha Zucc. | |
| Agave macroculmis Todaro | |
| Agave mapisaga var. mapisaga Trel. | |
| Agave mapisaga var. lisa Gentry | |
| Agave margaritae Brandegee | |
| Agave marmorata Roezl. | |
| Agave maximiliana Baker | |
| Agave maximiliana var. katharinae (Berger) Gentry | |
| Agave mckelveyana Gentry | |
| Agave megalacantha Hemsl. | |
| Agave missionum Trel. | |
| Agave moranii Gentry | |
| Agave multifilifera Gentry | |
| Agave murpheyi Gibson | |
| Agave murpheyi Gibson 'Variegata' | |
| Agave nayaritensis Gentry | |
| Agave neglecta Small | |
| Agave neomexicana Wooton & Standley | |
| Agave nizandensis Cutak | |
| Agave obscura Schiede | |
| Agave ocahui var. ocahui Gentry |  |
| Agave ocahui var. longifolia Gentry | |
| Agave ornithobroma Gentry | |
| Agave oroensis Gentry | |
| Agave pachycentra Trel. | |
| Agave palmeri Engelm. | |
| Agave panamana Trel. | |
| Agave parrasana Berger |  |
| Agave parryi Engelm. 'Minima' |  |
| Agave parryi var. couesii (Engelm. & Trel.) K. & P. | |
| Agave parryi var. huachucensis (Baker) Little | |
| Agave parryi var. parryi Engelm. | |
| Agave parryi var. truncata Gentry | |
| Agave parvidentata Trel. | |
| Agave parviflora subsp. flexiflora Gentry | |
| Agave parviflora subsp. parviflora Torr. | |
| Agave peacockii Croucher | |
| Agave pedunculifera Trel. | |
| Agave pelona Gentry | |
| Agave pendula Schnitts. | |
| Agave polyacantha var. polyacantha Jacobi | |
| Agave polyacantha var. xalapensis (Roezl ex Jacobi) Gentry | |
| Agave polyanthiflora Gentry | |
| Agave potatorum Zucc. | |
| Agave potrerana Trel. | |
| Agave promontorii Trel. | |
| Agave pumila De Smet ex J.G. Bak. |  |
| Agave pygmae Gentry | |
| Agave rhodacantha Trel. | |
| Agave salmiana subsp. crassispina (Trel.) Gentry | |
| Agave salmiana var. ferox (Koch) Gentry | |
| Agave salmiana var. salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck | |
| Agave scabra subsp. scabra Salm-Dyck | |
| Agave scabra subsp. zarcensis Gentry | |
| Agave scaposa Gentry | |
| Agave schidigera Lem. |  |
| Agave schottii var. schottii Engelm. | |
| Agave schottii Engelm. var. treleasei (Toumey) K. & P. | |
| Agave sebastiana Greene |  |
| Agave seemanniana Jacobi | |
| Agave shawii subsp. shawii Engelm. |  |
| Agave shawii subsp. goldmaniana (Trel.) Gentry | |
| Agave shrevei subsp. magna Gentry | |
| Agave shrevei subsp. matapensis Gentry | |
| Agave shrevei var. shrevei Gentry | |
| Agave sisalana Perr. | |
| Agave sobria subsp. frailensis Gentry | |
| Agave sobria subsp. roseana (Trel.) Gentry | |
| Agave sobria subsp. sobria Brandegee | |
| Agave striata subsp. falcata (Engelm.) Gentry | |
| Agave striata subsp. striata Zucc. | |
| Agave stricta Salm-Dyck | |
| Agave stringens Trel. | |
| Agave subsimplex Trel. | |
| Agave tecta Trel. | |
| Agave tequilana Web. | |
| Agave tequilana Web. 'Limeno' | |
| Agave tequilana Web. 'Variegata' | |
| Agave thomasae Trel. | |
| Agave titanota Gentry |  |
| Agave toumeyana subsp. toumeyana Trel. | |
| Agave toumeyana var. bella Breitung | |
| Agave triangularis Jacobi |  |
| Agave utahensis subsp. kaibabensis (McKelvey) Breitung | |
| Agave utahensis subsp. utahensis Engelm. |
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| Agave utahensis var. eborispina (Hester) Breitung | |
| Agave utahensis var. nevadensis Engelm. |
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| Agave victoriae-reginae T. Moore |  |
| Agave vilmoriniana Berger | |
| Agave vizcainoensis Gentry | |
| Agave weberi Cels ex Poisson | |
| Agave wercklei Weber ex Berg | |
| Agave wocomahi Gentry | |
| Agave × arizonicaGentry & Weber | |
| Agave xylonacantha Salm-Dyck | |
| Agave yuccaefolia DeCandolle | |
| Agave zebra Gentry | |