Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck GRIN-Global

Taxon: Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck

Summary

Genus:

Agave

Family:

Asparagaceae

Subfamily:

Agavoideae

Nomen number:

5402

Place of publication:

Hort. dyck. 7:302. 1834

Comment:

non Agave atrovirens auct. (= A. salmiana Otto ex Salm-Dyck)

Verified:

05/06/1998 ARS Systematic Botanists.

Accessions:

0 (0 active, 0 available) in Australian Pastures Genebank.

Other conspecific taxa

Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck var. atrovirens (0 active accession[s])
Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck var. mirabilis (Trel. ex Standl.) Gentry (0 active accession[s])

Autonyms (not in current use), synonyms and invalid designations

No images

Reference(s)

Euro+Med Editorial Committee. Euro+Med Plantbase: the information resource for Euro-Mediterranean plant diversity (on-line resource).
Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America. 1982
Liberty Hyde Bailey Hortorium. Hortus third. 1976
Smith, C. E. 1963. Something old, something new. Econ. Bot. 17:200-210.
Tutin, T. G. et al., eds. Flora europaea. 1964-1980

Common names

Spanish
maguey de la cumbre –

Distribution

order_code	Status	Continent	Subcontinent	Country	State
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Oaxaca
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Puebla
1	Native	Northern America	Southern Mexico	Mexico	Veracruz
2	Cultivated
4	Naturalized	Africa	Northern Africa	Libya
4	Naturalized	Europe	Southwestern Europe	Portugal

Native
Northern America

SOUTHERN MEXICO: Mexico [Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz]

Cultivated ()
Naturalized
Africa

NORTHERN AFRICA: Libya

Europe

SOUTHWESTERN EUROPE: Portugal

Economic Uses

Usage	Type	Note	Reference
Environmental	boundary/barrier/support		Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America. 1982
Human food	beverage base		Gentry, H. S. 1982. Agaves of continental North America. 1982

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://apg.pir.sa.gov.au/gringlobal/taxon/taxonomydetail?id=5402. Accessed 31 October 2026.