Agave potatorumZucc.

WFO wfo-0000754697 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC0 / CC BY / CC BY-SA

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Agave potatorum, photographed by Santiago Soto Maurer
fig. a Santiago Soto Maurer, CC0 1.0 / 2020-09-06 / obs. 94408874
Agave potatorum, photographed by Leticia Jiménez Hernández
fig. b Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 30016765
Agave potatorum, photographed by Leticia Jiménez Hernández
fig. c Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 30016844
Agave potatorum, photographed by Leticia Jiménez Hernández
fig. d Leticia Jiménez Hernández, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 30016422
Agave potatorum, photographed by Israel Hernandez Aguilar
fig. e Israel Hernandez Aguilar, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 23058903
Agave potatorum, photographed by Diana Fuentes
fig. f Diana Fuentes, CC BY-SA 4.0 / obs. 17849495
Agave potatorum, photographed by Neptalí Ramírez Marcial
fig. g Neptalí Ramírez Marcial, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 1309898
Agave potatorum, photographed by Alexis López Hernández
fig. h Alexis López Hernández, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 343971

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Agave potatorum is native: Mexico Central, Mexico Gulf, Mexico Southwest Mexico CentralMexico GulfMexico Southwest
Native distribution of Agave potatorum, 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 Gulf MXG
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 13 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 amoena Lem. ex Jacobi
  • Agave auricantha Baker
  • Agave elegans Salm-Dyck
  • Agave latifolia Karw.
  • Agave potatorum var. verschaffeltii (Lem. ex Jacobi) A.Berger
  • Agave pulchra Salm-Dyck
  • Agave quadrata Lem.
  • Agave saundersii Hook.f.
  • Agave schnittspahnii Jacobi
  • Agave scolymus Karw.
  • Agave scolymus var. polymorpha A.Terracc.
  • Agave verschaffeltii Lem.
  • Agave verschaffeltii Lem. ex Jacobi

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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