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Scientific Names

Preferred Names

Agave
Genus recognized by Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1
Reference taxon from Catalogue of Life in Species 2000 & ITIS Catalogue of Life
Agave
Genus recognized by United Kingdom Species List, South Atlantic Species List, Indian Ocean Species List, North Pacific Species List, South Pacific Species List, North Atlantic Species List, The Netherlands Species List, South Africa Species List, Sweden Species List, Turkey Species List, Delete- old US Species List, Taiwan Species List, R union Species List, New Zealand Species List, Nicaragua Species List, Paraguay Species List, Peru Species List, Poland Species List, Portugal Species List, Puerto Rico Species List, Mariana Islands Species List, Israel Species List, Italy Species List, Jamaica Species List, Madagascar Species List, Mexico Species List, Morocco Species List, France Species List, Guatemala Species List, Ethiopia Species List, El Salvador Species List, Ecuador Species List, Greece Species List, Haiti Species List, Indonesia Species List, Costa Rica Species List, Barbados Species List, Benin Species List, Burkina Faso Species List, Burundi Species List, Dominican Republic Species List, Dominica Species List, Democratic Republic of the Congo Species List, Croatia Species List, Cuba Species List, Colombia Species List, Argentina Species List, Australia Species List, Barcode of Life Data Systems, Brazil Species List, Canada Species List, China Species List, Philippines Species List, Grenada Species List, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia 日本語, wikipedia AST, Bolivia Species List, wikipedia AF, Panama Species List, Wikidata, The US National Vegetation Classification USNVC, United States Species List, Global Biotic Interactions, Global Biotic Interactions, and Wikimedia Commons
Agave L.
Genus recognized by GBIF classification
Agave Linnaeus 1753
Genus recognized by TreatmentBank
Prochnyanthes
Recognized by Kubitzki et al

Alternative Names

Agave abortiva A. Terracc.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave aloides Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave amoena Lem.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave angustiarum Trel. ex Standl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave angustiarum Trel.)
Agave angustifolia Marginata
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave angustifolia Haw.)
Agave applanata Lem.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave applanata Lem. ex Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave applanata K.Koch)
Agave aspera A. Terracc.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave asperrima Mulford
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave asperrima Jacobi)
Agave atrovirens Karw.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck)
Agave banlan Perr.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave barbadensis Trel. ex A. Berger
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave baxteri Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave beaucarnei Lera.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave bernhardii Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave bessereriana Van Houtte
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave besseriana De Smet
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave bollii A. Terracc.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave bracteosa S. Watson
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave breviscapa A. Berger
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave bulbifera Bonpl.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave bulbifera Bonpl. ex Steud.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave calderonii Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave cantala Roxb.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave cantala Roxb. ex Salm-Dyck)
Agave caribiicola Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave chiapensis Hort. Belg.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave coerulescens Salm-Dyck
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave coespitosa Tod.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave complicata Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave concinna Tonel
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave cookei Woodrow
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave corderoyi Verschaff.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave couesii Engelm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave crenata A. Berger
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave cucullata Lem.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave cucullata Lem. ex Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave davillonii Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave dealbata Lem.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave dealbata É. Morren
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave deamiana Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave debayyana Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave decaisneana Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave diacantha Royle
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave drimiaefolia Hort. Petrop.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave drimiaefolia Hort. Petrop. ex Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave duragensis Gentry
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave elizae A. Berger
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave ellemeetiana K. Koch
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave ellemeetiana Jacobi)
Agave englemannii Trel. 1892
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave entea Hartwich
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave erosa A. Berger
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave erubescens Ellemeet
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave filifera ssp. schildigera (Lem.) B. Ullrich
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Agave filifera Salm-Dyck)
Agave filifera var. schildigera (Lem.) A. Terracc.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Agave filifera Salm-Dyck)
Agave filifera var. superba J. Croucher
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave flaccida Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave flexispina Trel. ex Standl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave flexispina Trel.)
Agave fragrantissima Jacq.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave franceschiana Trel.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave fridericii A. Berger
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave galeottii Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave geminiflora Lindl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave geminiflora Ker Gawl.)
Agave ghiesbreghtii K. Koch
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave ghiesbreghtii Verschaff.)
Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave ghiesbreghtii Lem. ex Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave ghiesbreghtii Verschaff.)
Agave gilbeyi Haage & Schmid ex Regel
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave gilbeyi Hort.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave gilbeyi Haage & Schmid ex Regel)
Agave glabra Karw.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave glaucescens Otto
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave gracilis Garc
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave grandibracteata Ross
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave granulosa Scheidw.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave guedeneyrii Houllet
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave gutierreziana Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave henriquesii Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave heteracantha Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave horizontalis Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave horrida Lem.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave horrida Lem. ex Jacobi)
Agave huachucaensis Sarg.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave humboldtiana Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave inghami Versch.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave isthmensis Garc
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave isthmensis A.García-Mend. & F.Palma)
Agave ixtli Karw.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave kellermaniana Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave killipii Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave knightiana J. R. Drumm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave laticincta Versch.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave latifolia Karw.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave lemairei Hort. J. Versch.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave lempana Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave leonii
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave lindleyi Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave littaeaoides Pamp.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave longisepala Tod.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave maculata Engelm.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave maculata Engelm. ex Torr.
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave madagascariensis Spreng.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave marmorata Roezl ex E. Ortgies
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave marmorata Roezl)
Agave maximiliana Hort. Saunders
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave maximowicziana Regel
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave melanacantha Lem.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave micracantha Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave micracantha var. picta J. Croucher
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave minarum Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave mitraeformis Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave monostachya Sess
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave montium-sancticaroli Garc
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave montium-sancticaroli García-Mend.)
Agave multiflora A. Todaro
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave mutiflora Tod.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave nanchititlensis Matuda
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave nanchititlensis (Matuda) Thiede & Eggli)
Agave nickelsi Hort. Amer.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave nickelsii Gosselin ex Rol.-Goss.)
Agave nigrescens Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave nissonii Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave obesispina Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave obscura Schiede
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave obscura Schiede ex Schltdl.)
Agave offoyana De Smet
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave pallida Sartorius
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave pallida Sartorius ex Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave paupera A. Berger
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave pavoliniana Pamp.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave perdentata Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave petrophila Garc
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave petrophila A.García-Mend. & E.Martínez)
Agave planera Fasio
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave portoricensis Trel. ex A. Berger
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave potrerana Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave pringlei Engelm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave pringlei Engelm. ex Baker)
Agave pringlei Engelm. ex Orcutt
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave pringlei Engelm. ex Baker)
Agave prostrata Mart.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave prostrata Mart. ex Dragendorff
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave protuberans Engelm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave pulcherrima Otto
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave pulchra Hort. Monac.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave pulverulenta Versch.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave pumila De Smet
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave purpurea Souza Novelo
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave pygmae Gentry
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave quiotifera Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave regia Hort. Saunders
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave regia Hort. Saunders ex Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave rudis Lem.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave rudis Lem. ex Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave salmiana Otto
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck)
Agave saponifera H. Grothe
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave schildigera Lem.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave schmithiana Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave scolymus Karw.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave seemanniana var. pygmaea (Gentry) B. Ullrich
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave sicaefolia Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave simonii Andre
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave simplex Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave sisalana Perr. ex Enghlm. 1875
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave sisalana Perrine)
Agave sisalana Perrine ex Engelm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave sisalana Perrine)
Agave sisaliana Perrine
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave sisalina Perrine
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave smithiana Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave sobolifera Salm-Dyck
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave sobolifera Houtt.)
Agave sordida A. Berger
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave spicata Guss.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave spicata Cav.)
Agave subinermis M. Roem.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave tamazunchalensis Matuda
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave teoxamulina Karw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave teoxamulina Karw. ex M. Roem.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave teoxomuliana Karw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave teoxomuliana Karw. ex M. Roem.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave thomasae Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave thomsoniana Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave thuacanensis Karw.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave thuacanensis Karw. ex Otto
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave tlatlayensis Matuda
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave toumeyana Trel. ex Standl.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave toumeyana Trel.)
Agave treleasii Tourn.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave troubetskoyana
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave troubetskoyana
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave univittata Haw. ex Salm-Dyck
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave univittata Haw.)
Agave univittata var. coerulescens (Salm-Dyck) Jacobsen
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Agave univittata Haw.)
Agave vandervinnenii Lem.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave vanderwinneni Jacobi
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave virginica Baker
Heterotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave viridissima Hort. Peacock
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave viridissima Hort. Peacock ex Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave warelliana Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave warelliana De Smet ex T.Moore & Mast.)
Agave warelliana De Smet
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave washingtonensis Baker & Rose ex Rose
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave watsonii J. R. Drumm. & C. H. Wright
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave weberi F. Cels
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave weberi Cels ex Poiss.)
Agave weissenburgensis Wittm.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave wendtii Ch
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave wercklei F. A. C. Weber
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave wercklei Weber ex Trel.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave wercklei F.A.C.Weber ex Werckl)
Agave wiesenbergensis Wittm.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave woodrowii W. Watson
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave xalapensis Roezl
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave yuccifolia F. Delaroche
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave zuccarinii Otto
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave × franzosinii Hort. Hanb.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave × franzosinii Hort. Hanb. ex W. Wats.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification (Possible variant of Agave franzosinii Baker)
Agave × romani Hort. De Smet
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Agave × romani Hort. De Smet ex Baker
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave × taylorea Hort. Veitch.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave × taylorii Hort.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave × villare André
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave × villarum Andr
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Agave × winteriana A. Berger
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Allibertia intermedia Marion
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Bonapartea aboriens Larrañaga
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Bonapartea juncea Haw.
Doubtful according to GBIF classification
Furcraea sisaliana (Perrine) Posada-Ar.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Furcraea Vent.)
Manfreda littoralis Garc
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Manfreda Salisb.)
Manfreda longibracteata S. Verhoek
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Manfreda Salisb.)
Manfreda pubescens (Regel & Ortgies) Verh.-Will.
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification
Manfreda sileri S. Verhoek
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Manfreda Salisb.)
Polianthes howardii S. Verhoek
Homotypic synonym according to GBIF classification (Originally found in sources as doubtful taxon within Polianthes L.)
agave
Harvest ancestor according to Global Biotic Interactions

Common Names

Arabic

باهرة preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Armenian

Ագավի preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Azerbaijani

Aqava preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bashkir

Агава preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Belarusian

Агава preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Bulgarian

агаве preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Central Khmer

ទន្ដគោម preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Chinese

龍舌蘭草 preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata
龙舌兰属 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Cornish

losow kansbledhen preferred
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Croatian

Agava preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Czech

agáve preferred
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Esperanto

Agavo preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Estonian

Agaav preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Finnish

Agaavet preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Georgian

აგავა preferred
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German

Agaven preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Greek, Modern (1453-)

αγαύη preferred
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Hebrew

אגבה preferred
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Hungarian

agávé preferred
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Ido

Agavo preferred
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Japanese

リュウゼツラン属 preferred

Kabyle

Aceffar preferred
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Kannada

ಕತ್ತಾಳೆ preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Kazakh

Agava preferred
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Агава preferred
Recognized by Wikidata
اگاۆا preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Korean

용설란속 preferred
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Lithuanian

Agava preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Nahuatl

Metl preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Navajo; Navaho

Noodah preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Persian

آگاوه preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Polish

Agawa preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Quechua

Chuchaw preferred
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Russian

Агава preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Serbian

агава preferred
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Shambala

Agava preferred
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Slovak

agáva preferred
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Tajik

Агава preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Tatar

агавә preferred
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Thai

อะกาเว preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Ukrainian

Агава preferred
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Upper Sorbian

Agawa preferred
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Uzbek

Agava preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Vietnamese

Chi Thùa preferred
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Wu

龙舌兰属 preferred
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Yiddish

אַגאַווע preferred
Recognized by wikipedia 日本語 and Wikidata

Pnb

اگاوی preferred
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Sr Ec

Агава preferred
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Sr El

Agava preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Tcy

ದಡ್ಪಲೆ preferred
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Yue

龍舌蘭屬 preferred
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Zh Cn

龙舌兰属 preferred
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Zh Hans

龙舌兰属 preferred
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Zh Hant

龍舌蘭屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Hk

龍舌蘭屬 preferred
Recognized by Wikidata

Zh Tw

龍舌蘭屬 preferred
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Curated hierarchies for Agave

Dynamic Hierarchy Version 2 1

Life
Cellular Organisms
Eukaryota
Archaeplastida
Chloroplastida
Streptophyta
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Tracheophyta
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Angiosperms
Monocots
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Asparagaceae
Agave (this page)
19 additional siblings truncated for brevity.
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