, the World Checklist of Selected Plant Families and Plants of the World Online recognize about 270 species of Agave plus a number of natural hybrids. This includes species formerly placed in Manfreda and Polianthes. Other sources may use different circumscriptions. A Agave abisaii A.Vázquez & Nieves – Mexico (Jalisco) Agave acicularis Trel. - Cuba Agave acklinicola Trel. - Bahamas Agave × ajoensis W.C.Hodgs. - Pima County in Arizona = A. deserti var. simplex × A. schottii var. schottii Agave aktites Gentry - Mexico (Sinaloa, Sonora) Agave albescens Trel. - Cuba Agave alboaustralis (E.Solano & Ríos-Gómez) Thiede - Oaxaca Agave albomarginata Gentry - northeastern Mexico Agave albopilosa I.Cabral - Mexico (Nuevo León) Agave americana L. – American Agave, American Century Plant, Century Plant, Maguey americano - Arizona, Texas, Mexico; naturalized in parts of Africa, Eurasia, Australia, South America various islands Agave andreae Sahagún & A.Vázquez – Mexico (Michoacán) Agave angustiarum Trel. - Mexico Agave angustifolia Haw. - Mexico, Central America; naturalized in Spain, South Africa, Indian Subcontinent, various islands Agave anomala Trel. - Bahamas, Cuba Agave antillarum Descourt. - Cuba, Hispaniola Agave apedicellata Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Jalisco, San Luis Potosí) Agave applanata Lem. ex Jacobi - Mexico Agave arcedianoensis Cházaro - Mexico (Jalisco) Agave × arizonica Gentry & J.H.Weber = A. chrysantha × A. toumeyana var. bella - Arizona Agave arubensis Hummelinck - Aruba Agave asperrima Jacobi – Maguey spero, Rough Century Plant - Texas, Coahuila, Durango, Zacatecas Agave atrovirens Karw. ex Salm-Dyck - Oaxaca, Puebla, Veracruz Agave attenuata Salm-Dyck – Swan's Neck Agave, Dragon Tree Agave, Foxtail Agave - Mexico; naturalised in southeastern Australia Agave aurea Brandegee - Baja California Sur Agave avellanidens Trel. - Baja California Agave azurea R.H.Webb & G.D.Starr – Mexico (Baja California Sur) B Agave bahamana Trel. - Bahamas Agave beaulueriana Jacobi = Agave americana var. franzosinii Agave bicolor (E.Solano & García-Mend.) Thiede & Eggli – Mexico (Oaxaca) Agave boldinghiana Trel. - Curaçao, Bonaire *Agave bovicornuta Gentry – Cowhorn Agave - Chihuahua, Sinaloa, Sonora Agave braceana Trel. - Bahamas (Abaco) Agave bracteosa S.Watson ex Engelm. – Squid Agave - Mexico (Coahuila, Nuevo León) Agave brevipetala Trel. - Hispaniola Agave brevispina Trel. - Hispaniola Agave brittoniana Trel. - Cuba Agave brunnea S.Watson – NE. Mexico Agave bulbulifera (Castillejos & E.Solano) Thiede – Mexico (Guerrero) Agave bulliana (Baker) Thiede & Eggli - Mexico C Agave cacozela Trel. - Bahamas (Eleuthera) Agave cajalbanensis A.Álvarez - Cuba