PLANTS Profile for Agave americana (American century plant)

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PLANTS Profile

Agave americana L.
American century plant

Symbol:

AGAM

Group:

Monocot

Family:

Agavaceae

Duration:

Perennial

Growth Habit:

Subshrub
Shrub
Forb/herb

Native Status:

L48		N
HI		I
VI		I

More Information:

Images:
Agave americana L.

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Distribution:
Agave americana L.


View Native Status

See U.S. county distributions (when available) by clicking on the map or the linked states below:
USA (AZ, CA, FL, HI, LA, TX), USA+ (VI)

Related Taxa:
Agave americana L.

View 10 genera in Agavaceae, 36 species in Agave or click below on a thumbnail map or name for species profiles.

Distribution of Agave americana L. ssp. americana. .

Agave americana ssp. americana
American century plant

Distribution of Agave americana L. ssp. protamericana Gentry. .

Agave americana ssp. protamericana
American century plant

Native

Introduced

Classification:
Agave americana L.

Click on a scientific name below to expand it in the PLANTS Classification Report.


Kingdom	Plantae – Plants
Subkingdom	Tracheobionta – Vascular plants
Superdivision	Spermatophyta – Seed plants
Division	Magnoliophyta – Flowering plants
Class	Liliopsida – Monocotyledons
Subclass	Liliidae
Order	Liliales
Family	Agavaceae – Century-plant family
Genus	Agave L. – agave
Species	Agave americana L. – American century plant

Introduced Information:
Agave americana L.

This plant is introduced to some part of the PLANTS Floristic Area, though it may be native in other parts. Click on link below for a partial or complete list of PFA introduced plants.

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More Accounts and Images:
Agave americana L.

View photographs from CalPhotos.

View species account and distribution map from Flora of North America (FNA).

View species account from ARS Germplasm Resources Information Network (GRIN).

View taxonomic account from Integrated Taxonomic Information System (ITIS) for ITIS Taxonomic Serial Number 182660.

View species account and distribution map from Jepson Interchange (University of California - Berkeley).

View species account and photographs from Lady Bird Johnson Wildflower Center Native Plant Information Network (NPIN).

View species account from Native American Ethnobotany (University of Michigan - Dearborn).

Time Generated: 02/08/2009 11:26 PM MST