Agave univittataHaw.

McKelvey's century plant

WFO wfo-0000754886 Accepted WFO 2026-06 8 photographs CC BY

Plate 1 figs. a–h · 8 separate observations

Agave univittata, photographed by Eric Knight
fig. a Eric Knight, CC BY 4.0 / 2022-04-07 / obs. 186811827
Agave univittata, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. b Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 164329158
Agave univittata, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. c Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 163554838
Agave univittata, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. d Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157097775
Agave univittata, photographed by Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）
fig. e Michelle W. （鍾偉瑋）, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 157097565
Agave univittata, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. f Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 154594855
Agave univittata, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. g Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153601870
Agave univittata, photographed by Reid Hardin
fig. h Reid Hardin, CC BY 4.0 / obs. 153601993

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Native range 3 botanical countries

Regions where Agave univittata is native: Mexico Gulf, Mexico Northeast, Texas Mexico GulfMexico NortheastTexas
Native distribution of Agave univittata, 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 Gulf MXG NORTHERN AMERICA
Mexico Northeast MXE
Texas TEX

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 22 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 caerulescens Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi
  • Agave heteracantha Zucc.
  • Agave heteracantha var. univittata (Haw.) A.Terracc.
  • Agave heteracantha var. vittata (Regel) Regel
  • Agave lophantha Schiede ex Kunth
  • Agave lophantha f. caerulescens (Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi) Voss
  • Agave lophantha var. angustifolia A.Berger
  • Agave lophantha var. brevifolia Jacobi
  • Agave lophantha var. caerulescens (Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi) Jacobi
  • Agave lophantha var. gracilior Jacobi
  • Agave lophantha var. pallida A.Berger
  • Agave lophantha var. poselgeri A.Berger
  • Agave lophantha var. subcanescens Jacobi
  • Agave lophantha var. univittata Trel.
  • Agave univittata var. angustifolia (A.Berger) Jacobson
  • Agave univittata var. brevifolia (Jacobi) Jacobson
  • Agave univittata var. caerulescens (Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi) H.Jacobsen
  • Agave univittata var. caerulescens (Salm-Dyck ex Jacobi) Jacobson
  • Agave univittata var. gracilior (Jacobi) Jacobson
  • Agave univittata var. heteracantha (Zucc.) Breitung
  • Agave univittata var. subcanescens (Jacobi) Jacobson
  • Agave vittata Regel

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. Wikidata. common name (P1843), joined on the World Flora Online identifier (P7715). CC0. Retrieved 2026-07-13.
  4. 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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