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Details for: Agave americana
Source: World Checklist of Selected Plant Families (2010), copyright © The Board of Trustees of the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.
Name: Agave americana L.
Nomencl. ref.: Sp. Pl.: 323. 1753
Rank: Species
Status: ACCEPTED
Taxonomy (this taxon is included in): Regnum - Plantae
     Divisio - Tracheophyta
          Subdivisio - Spermatophytina
               Class - Magnoliopsida
                    Superordo - Lilianae
                         Ordo - Asparagales
                              Familia - Asparagaceae
                                   Genus - Agave L.
                                       
Geo-Search:
Homotypic synonyms: Aloe americana (L.) Crantz
Included taxa: Agave americana L. subsp. americana
 
Common names: acíbara (Spanish, Castillian), adsevara (Catalan), adzabara (Catalan), adzabara (Majorcan), adzebara (Majorcan), agabe mexicar (Euskera), agave (Catalan), agave (Spanish, Castillian), ágave (Spanish, Castillian), alcibara (Spanish, Castillian), alcibarón (Spanish, Castillian), alcimara (Spanish, Castillian), alcimarón (Spanish, Castillian), aloe (Spanish, Castillian), aloe americana (Spanish, Castillian), aloe americano (Spanish, Castillian), alzabara (Spanish, Castillian), alzavara (Spanish, Castillian), arcebara (Catalan), arxavara (Catalan), arzabara (Spanish, Castillian), arzabarón (Spanish, Castillian), atsabara (Catalan), atsavara (Catalan), atzabara (Catalan), atzahara (Spanish, Castillian), atzavara (Catalan), atzavara (Spanish, Castillian), atzavara (Valencian), atzavara de tanques (Catalan), azabara (Spanish, Castillian), azabarón (Spanish, Castillian), cabuyá (Spanish, Castillian), cactus (Asturian), captus (Aragonese), cardón (Spanish, Castillian), cimbara (Spanish, Castillian), donarda (Catalan), donarda (Spanish, Castillian), donardera (Majorcan), edzebara (Catalan), etsevara (Majorcan), etsevara de tancas (Catalan), figarasa (Spanish, Castillian), figuerassa (Catalan), fil y agulla (Catalan), filiagulla (Catalan), herba dos pelados (Galician), javila (Spanish, Castillian), maguei (Catalan), maguey (Spanish, Castillian), magüey (Spanish, Castillian), metl (Spanish, Castillian), pino (Aragonese), pita (Aragonese), pita (Catalan), pita (Galician), pita (Majorcan), pita (Portuguese), pita (Spanish, Castillian), pita (Valencian), pita americana (Catalan), pita común (Spanish, Castillian), pitaca (Spanish, Castillian), pitaco (Spanish, Castillian), pitacón (Spanish, Castillian), pitalassa (Catalan), piteira (Galician), piteira (Portuguese), piteira-brava (Portuguese), piteira-de-boi (Portuguese), pitera (Catalan), pitera (Spanish, Castillian), pitera (Valencian), pitera borda (Valencian), piterassa (Catalan), pitón (Spanish, Castillian), pitra (Majorcan), platanera borda (Valencian), punyalera (Catalan), sábila (Spanish, Castillian), zábila (Spanish, Castillian), zabilla (Spanish, Castillian), zurda (Euskera)[Credits]
Maps: distribution
Occurrence: [AE(G) Al Az Bl Ca Co Cr Ga Gr Hs It Ju Li Lu Ma Md Sa Si Tu(A)]