Agave attenuataSalm-Dyck

WFO wfo-0000754166 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Agave attenuata, photographed by Jeremy Gilmore
fig. a Jeremy Gilmore, CC BY 4.0 / 2021-05-01 / obs. 124571280
Agave attenuata, photographed by P Gonzalez Zamora
fig. b P Gonzalez Zamora, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 112723427
Agave attenuata, photographed by Daniel Mesa
fig. c Daniel Mesa, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 135574020
Agave attenuata, photographed by James C. Davis
fig. d James C. Davis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 176404880
Agave attenuata, photographed by James C. Davis
fig. e James C. Davis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 175091033
Agave attenuata, photographed by James C. Davis
fig. f James C. Davis, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 174319273
Agave attenuata, photographed by Manuel Nicolás Madrigal Pérez
fig. g Manuel Nicolás Madrigal Pérez, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 109306465
Agave attenuata, photographed by Diogo Luiz
fig. h Diogo Luiz, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 98607409

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Agave attenuata is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Northwest, Mexico Southwest Mexico CentralMexico NorthwestMexico Southwest
Native distribution of Agave attenuata, after Kew’s World Checklist of Vascular Plants. Introduced, extinct and doubtful records are excluded, so this is where the plant is from, not everywhere it now grows.
RegionTDWG codeContinent
Mexico Central MXC NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northwest MXN
Mexico Southwest MXS

Region boundaries approximated from Natural Earth (public domain) and mapped to TDWG World Geographical Scheme for Recording Plant Distributions (WGSRPD) level-3 botanical countries (Brummitt 2001). Indicative, not the official WGSRPD geometry.

Also published as 16 synonyms

A synonym is not an error. It is a record of botanists disagreeing, in print, about where this plant belongs. Each of these was somebody’s considered answer.

  • Agave attenuata var. compacta Jacobi
  • Agave attenuata var. latifolia Salm-Dyck ex A.Terracc.
  • Agave attenuata var. paucibracteata Trel.
  • Agave attenuata var. serrulata A.Terracc.
  • Agave attenuata var. subdentata Cels ex Carrière
  • Agave attenuata var. subundulata Jacobi
  • Agave cernua A.Berger
  • Agave cernua var. serrulata (A.Terracc.) A.Berger
  • Agave debaryana Jacobi
  • Agave dentata Baker
  • Agave glaucescens Hook.
  • Agave kellocki Jacobi
  • Agave pedunculifera Trel.
  • Agave pruinosa Lem. ex Jacobi
  • Ghiesbreghtia dentata Roezl
  • Ghiesbreghtia mollis Roezl

Sourcesevery claim on this page

  1. World Flora Online Plant List. accepted name, authority, classification. CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-12.
  2. iNaturalist. photographs and flowering annotations, CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA only. per photograph. Retrieved 2026-06-27.
  3. Kew, World Checklist of Vascular Plants (WCVP v16). native distribution by TDWG level-3 botanical country, and life form. CC BY 3.0. Retrieved 2026-06-04.

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